| LC control no. | nr2001049450 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853 |
| Variant(s) | Crafts, Sam'l C. (Samuel Chandler), 1768-1853 |
| See also | Vermont. Governor (1828-1831 : Crafts) |
| Birth date | 1768-10-06 |
| Death date | 1853-11-19 |
| Place of birth | Woodstock (Conn.) |
| Place of death | Craftsbury (Vt.) |
| Affiliation | Harvard College (1780-) Whig Party (U.S.) Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Judges Governors |
| Found in | Vermont. Governor (1828-1831 : Crafts). Governor's speech, October 10, 1828: t.p. (Samuel C. Crafts) Vermont. General Assembly. Report of the committee appointed by act of the last session of the legislature, 1812: p. 17 (Sam'l C. Crafts) Biog. dir. of the Amer. Congress, 1961 (Crafts, Samuel Chandler; rep.and senator from Vermont; grad. Harvard 1790; town clerk, Craftsbury, Vt., 1799-1829; member Vt. House of Reps. 1796, 1801-3, 1805; register of probate, 1796-1815; clerk, Orlean Co. 1836-9; gov. of Vt. 1828-31; U.S. Congress, House, 1817-25; U.S. Senate 1842-3; b. 10/6/1768; d. 11/19/1853) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, November 5, 2015 (Crafts, Samuel Chandler (1768-1853); Senate years of service: 1842-1843; party: Whig; a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Woodstock, Conn., October 6, 1768; graduated from Harvard College in 1790; moved in 1791 to Vermont with his father, who founded the town of Craftsbury; town clerk 1799-1829; delegate to the Vermont constitutional convention 1793; member, State house of representatives 1796, 1800-1803, 1805, and clerk of the house 1798-1799; register of probate 1796-1815; assistant judge of the Orleans County Court 1800-1810, 1825-1828; made an extensive botanical reconnaissance of the Mississippi Valley in 1802; member, State council 1809-1813; chief judge of the Orleans County Court 1810-1816; elected to the Fifteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1825); again served as State councilor in 1825 and 1826; Governor of Vermont 1828-1831; member of the Vermont constitutional convention of 1829 and served as president; clerk of Orleans County 1836-1839; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Prentiss and served from April 23, 1842, until March 3, 1843; retired to his farm in Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vt., where he died November 19, 1853; interment in North Craftsbury Cemetery, North Craftsbury, Vt.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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