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Seargent Smith Prentiss
U.S. Congressperson
1808 – 1850
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Who was Seargent Smith Prentiss?
Seargent Smith Prentiss was the representative for Mississippi in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress serving from 1838 to 1839. Prentiss was noted as one of the most remarkable orators of his day. It was said by Daniel Webster, foremost among American orators of the era, that he had never beheld a speaker as powerful as Prentiss.
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1808
Portland - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Bowdoin College
- Lived in
- Maine
- Died
- Jul 1, 1850
Natchez
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on July 23, 2013
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