predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end office birth_date term_start image article_title state name
allen t. caperton robert l. montague frank hereford leopold c. p. cowper 25 february 1884 fauquier county , virginia lewisburg , west virginia united states senator democratic january 26 , 1877 1865 lieutenant governor of virginia 28 july 1805 august 26 , 1876 1864 samuel price - brady-handy . jpg samuel price
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samuel price

samuel price -lrb- july 28 , 1805february 25 , 1884 -rrb- was a united states senator from west virginia .
born in fauquier county , virginia , he moved with his parents to preston county -lrb- now in west virginia -rrb- in 1815 .
he received a preparatory training , studied law , and was admitted to the bar in 1832 , commencing the practice of his profession in nicholas and braxton counties .
he was county clerk of nicholas county 1830 and prosecuting attorney in 1833 .
he was a member of the virginia house of delegates from 1834 to 1836 , and moved to wheeling , virginia -lrb- now west virginia -rrb- in 1836 and to lewisburg , virginia -lrb- now west virginia -rrb- in 1838 .
he was prosecuting attorney for braxton county from 1836 to 1850 and a member of the house of delegates from 1847 to 1850 and in 1852 .
price was a delegate to the constitutional conventions in 1850 , 1851 , and 1861 ; in 1863 he was elected the fifth lieutenant governor of virginia in and served until the close of the civil war .
he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of west virginia in 1872 and was its president .
he was appointed as a democrat to the u.s. senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of allen t. caperton and served from august 26 , 1876 , to january 26 , 1877 , when a successor was elected .
he was an unsuccessful candidate in 1876 for election to fill the vacancy .
in 1884 he died in lewisburg .
interment was in the stuart burying ground at stuart manor , near lewisburg .
the gov. samuel price house at lewisburg was listed on the national register of historic places in 1975 .
