Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-28
From the Rutland Herald.
THE MEN OF VERMONT.

.l..s dad llftfIln
Chase in 1891 as S,n,tor ,,.s tho som If
DR. Samuel and Iucrot;a n pront;ss and was
born i'm Stopirotor Nov ord,,, County Conn
~, ,b, qtst d,r f it.r.L t-oJ trr ,,,,.;, ;,,
the benefit of an ordinar,, c,,,r,op school oduco-
ton lac received nryat. ,,,ctiop from the Rrv
Samuel G Alton tbrn a ninist.r of NortbGcid ~
with him, he r,,rs,,od tbo ,,,rrso Of l,ssc,I .tud
les. usuaIly taugbt in opr bi,,bor oc,,lnp,ic and
collcoiate institutions
lie commenced fine stpdv of law in tbc olBcc Of
solomon Vosc. Esq. of Nonhfeld. Mass. After
a short time he cour IN Vcrp,opt and ro,nulrtcd
his professional prrpar,tion with John w Blake
Esq of Brottlcboro' Windham rnuutv lie was
admitted 10 the bar In December iSO2-but not
having attained his majority. he did not enter up-
ON the practice of his profession ill some time af
ter
During the wear 1903 he openod AN office. and
commenced practice nj Montbcicr. i'm the present
county of Wasbinuton and State nf Vermont NJ
which place ho continued to ro.id, till h. death.
In October. 1920. he was elected one of the
Judges of the supreme Court of Vermont This
office he declined to accept ON account Of his fee
bile health. and because hc was unwilling To re-
linqush a lucrative profession for the cares of am
Office that besides the honor and responsibility,
had little else TO commend itself 10 his accept
ancc.N
In 1924 he represented the town of Moutpcler
in the General Assembly of Vermont and was re-
elected the following wear I'm 1925 he was arain
elected one of the Judge, of tine Supreme Court
which, having rcgaiucd nj. health. he accepted
He was reelected iu 1896. 20 aud '2S In 1929
he was elected Chief Justice of the supreme Court
and had held the position but single year when
ho was elected United States Senator from Yer
mont
We have the evidence of bis contemporaries,
that, as Judge, he secured thc confidence aud
respect of us associates on the bench, as wei as
the bar 90 lie was always courteous and forhcar-
ing, and elevated the dignity of the Court by SEE
curing the profound regard and affection of the
members OF the bar. Ills decisions were state
mcns of facts and law, DO the most clear and con-
yindus ioun-and he had the rare art OF So stat
ing The facts and applying the principles of law
TO them, that his decisions carried with them the
most satisfactory arguments for their correctness.
II was thi, art, SO necessary Co Judge that rem
dercd him SO successful as an advocate
Quite number of the Opinions of the Courts
written and delivered by him, may Toe found in
the first three volumes OF tlc Vermont Reports.
They have given high character 90 thc Judicial
~ at this State, and have attracted much atten-
ton out of the state, aud been quoted and refer
red to in other Courts as of great legal weight and
value
Ia October 1880, Samuel Prentiss was elected
in General Assembly, L S. Senator from Yer
mont, to take his seat as such on the Eth of
March, ISL and 10 succeed Dudley Chase, whose
term of office was then 10 expire lie served the
fall term of Sis years, and was reelected for the
further term of six wears from and after March