Seargent Smith Prentiss
Seargent Smith Prentiss | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi | |
| In office May 29, 1838 – March 3, 1839 | |
| Preceded by | John F. H. Claiborne |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Thompson |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives | |
| In office 1835–1836 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 30, 1808 Portland, Maine |
| Died | July 1, 1850 (aged 41) Natchez, Mississippi |
| Political party | Whig |
| Education | Bowdoin College |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Seargent Smith Prentiss (September 30, 1808 – July 1, 1850) was an American attorney and politician. He served as a state representative in Mississippi and then was elected in 1838 as US representative from the state in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress, serving one term from 1838 to 1839. Prentiss was noted as one of the most remarkable orators of his day. Daniel Webster, known himself as a great orator, said that he had never heard a speaker as powerful as Prentiss.