Samuel Chandler Crafts
United States Senator fromVermont
In office April 23, 1842 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Samuel Prentiss
Succeeded by	William Upham
12th Governor of Vermont
In office October 10, 1828 – October 18, 1831
Lieutenant	Henry Olin Mark Richards
Preceded by	Ezra Butler
Succeeded by	William A. Palmer
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's5th district
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	John Mattocks
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont'sat-large district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	Charles Marsh
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Member of theVermont House of Representatives
In office 1796 1800–1803 1805
Personal details
Born	(1768-10-06)October 6, 1768 Woodstock, Colony of Connecticut, British America
Died	November 19, 1853(1853-11-19) (aged 85) Craftsbury, Vermont, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican,National Republican,Whig
Spouse	Eunice Wood Crafts
Profession	Politician, judge
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Samuel Chandler Crafts (October 6, 1768 – November 19, 1853) was aUnited States representative,Senator and the12th governor of Vermont.

Born inWoodstock in theColony of Connecticut, Crafts graduated fromHarvard College in 1790^[1] and moved to Vermont with his parents Mehitible Chandler (sister of the painterWinthrop Chandler), andEbenezer Crafts, who founded the town ofCraftsbury by settling there in 1791. He married Eunice Todd Beardsley and the couple had two children.

Crafts wastown clerk from 1799 to 1829 and was adelegate to theVermont Constitutional convention in 1793 where he was the youngest member.^[2] He was a member of theVermont House of Representatives in 1796, 1800–1803, and 1805, and was clerk of the house in 1798–1799. He was register ofprobate from 1796 to 1815 and was assistant judge of theOrleans County Court from 1800 to 1810 and 1825 to 1828.

Crafts made an extensivebotanical reconnaissance of theMississippi Valley in 1802. He was a member of the State Council of Censors from 1809 to 1813.^[2] This Council consisted of twelve men and shared executive power with the Governor. He was Chief Judge of theOrleans County Court from 1810 to 1816. Crafts was elected to the Fifteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1825. He again served as a member of the governor's council in 1825 and 1826.

Crafts wasGovernor of Vermont from 1828 to 1831. When he was a member of theVermont constitutional convention of 1829, he served as its president. Crafts was clerk ofOrleans County from 1836 to 1839. In 1842 he was appointed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the resignation ofSamuel Prentiss. On October 26, 1842, he was elected to complete the remainder of Prentiss's term. Crafts served in the Senate from April 23, 1842, to March 3, 1843. He was not a candidate for a full term, and was succeeded byWilliam Upham.^[3]

Samuel Crafts retired to his farm inCraftsbury where he died in 1853. He is interred at North Craftsbury Cemetery,North Craftsbury.^[4]

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