Samuel C. Crafts

Samuel C. Crafts

Samuel Chandler Crafts (born October 6, 1768 in Woodstock , Windham County , Colony of Connecticut , †  November 19, 1853 in Craftsbury , Vermont ) was an American politician and governor of Vermont from 1828 to 1831 . He also represented this state in both chambers of Congress .

Early years and political advancement

Samuel Crafts attended Harvard University until 1790 . In 1791 he moved to Vermont with his father, where he founded the town of Craftsbury. In this city, Samuel Crafts worked alongside his other activities from 1799 to 1829 as a town clerk .

In 1793, Samuel Crafts was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Vermont Constitution. Between 1796 and 1805 he was an intermittent member of the Vermont House of Representatives . At that time, Crafts was also a member of the Democratic Republican Party . After its dissolution in the 1820s, he joined the National Republican Party and then the Whig Party . From 1796 to 1815 he was also the executor ( Register of Probate ). From 1800 to 1810 and between 1825 and 1828 he was an associate judge at the Orleans County District Court . Between March 4, 1817 and March 3, 1825, he completed three legislative terms as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Vermont Governor and US Senator

In 1828 Crafts was elected the new governor of his state. He held this office between October 10, 1828 and October 18, 1831. As governor, he unsuccessfully campaigned for the abolition of prison sentences for debtors. In the question of Freemasonry , which was hotly debated in Vermont at the time , Crafts spoke out against this movement. In 1829 Crafts was also president of a commission to review the state constitution. After his tenure as governor, he was employed in the administration of Orleans County between 1836 and 1839. After US Senator Samuel Prentiss resigned , Crafts was appointed as his successor as a Class 3 Senator . In the US Senate between April 23, 1842 and March 3, 1843 he ended the term of office of his predecessor. After that, his seat went to William Upham .

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, Crafts withdrew from politics. He spent his old age on his farm in Craftsbury. He died there in November 1853. Samuel Crafts had two children with his wife, Eunice Todd Beardsley. Another scientific expedition that Crafts undertook along the Mississippi in 1802 , where he studied the area's botany, is worth mentioning .

Web links

• Samuel Crafts in the National Governors Association (English)
• Samuel C. Crafts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Samuel C. Crafts in the database of Find a Grave (English)