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Samuel Price | |
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 Price, 1865–1880 | |
| United States Senator fromWest Virginia | |
| In office August 26, 1876 – January 26, 1877 | |
| Appointed by | John J. Jacob |
| Preceded by | Allen T. Caperton |
| Succeeded by | Frank Hereford |
| 5th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
| In office 1864–1865 | |
| Governor | William Smith |
| Preceded by | Robert L. Montague |
| Succeeded by | Leopold C. P. Cowper |
| Member of theVirginia House of Delegates | |
| In office 1834-1836 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1805-07-28)July 28, 1805 |
| Died | February 25, 1884(1884-02-25) (aged 78) |
| Party | Democratic |
Samuel Price (July 28, 1805 – February 25, 1884) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who helped to establish the state ofWest Virginia during theAmerican Civil War. Upon West Virginia's statehood, Price became its Lieutenant Governor and was later appointed as aUnited States senator.
Born inFauquier County, Virginia, Price moved with his parents toPreston County (now in West Virginia) in 1815. He received a preparatory training and read law.
Admitted to the Virginiabar in 1832, Price began practicing law inNicholas andBraxton Counties. He was elected Nicholascounty clerk in 1830 andCommonwealth Attorney in 1833. He owned slaves.[1]
Voters elected Price to theVirginia House of Delegates, where he represented Nicholas County part time from 1834 to 1836, then moved toWheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1836 and toLewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1838. He was the prosecuting attorney for Braxton County from 1836 to 1850 and represented Braxton County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1847 to 1850 and again in 1852.
Price was a delegate to theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1850, and theVirginia Secession Convention of 1861 where he voted against secession. In 1863 he was elected the fifthLieutenant Governor of Virginia and served until the close of theCivil War.
He was a delegate to theconstitutional convention ofWest Virginia in 1872 and its president. He was appointed as aDemocrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofAllen 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, Price died in Lewisburg. Interment was in the Stuart Burying Ground atStuart Manor, near Lewisburg.
TheGov. Samuel Price House at Lewisburg was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1975.[2]
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| Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia 1864–1865 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 1) from West Virginia 1876–1877 Served alongside:Henry G. Davis | Succeeded by |
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