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Phelps, Samuel Shethar

soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born May 13, 1793, in Litchfield, Conn. He entered the American army, and before the close of his military career was appointed paymaster. He was a member of the council of censors, and wrote the address issued by that body. In 1831 he was chosen a member of the legislative council of Vermont, and was soon afterward appointed judge of the supreme court of the state, in which position he remained until 1838. He was a senator in congress from 1839 to 1851, and in 1853 was appointed to the senate to fill a vacancy. He died March 25, 1855, in Middlebury, Vt.