Samuel S. Phelps

Samuel Shethar Phelps ( born May 13, 1793 in Litchfield, Connecticut, † March 25, 1855 in Middlebury, Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician ( Whig Party ), who represented the state of Vermont in the U.S. Senate.

Samuel Phelps made ​​in 1811, graduated at Yale, studied law afterwards, became a member of the Bar Association and started in 1812 to practice as a lawyer in Middlebury. During the British -American War he served as paymaster for the U.S. armed forces.

As a result, he began to engage in political activities. 1821 Phelps moved for the first time in the House of Representatives from Vermont one, where he remained until 1832. Thereafter he was appointed as a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court and remained there until 1838. This year, he returned to politics and was a member of the State Senate, from which he moved to the U.S. Senate in Washington in 1839. During his twelve -year term, which ended on March 3, 1851 Phelps was one of the Chairmen of the pension and the Patent Committee.

When William Upham, who had represented him since 1843 together with Vermont in the Senate, passed away on January 14, 1853, Phelps was appointed as his successor. However, this second term already ended March 16, 1854, when a Senate committee found that he was not entitled to exercise the mandate. Samuel Phelps left the Congress and died the following year in Middlebury.

His son Edward was also politicians and competed unsuccessfully as a Democrat in 1880 to the post of governor of Vermont. From 1885 to 1889 he was U.S. Ambassador to Britain.

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