Samuel Price | |
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United States Senator from West 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 | |
Preceded by | Robert L. Montague |
Succeeded by | Leopold C. P. Cowper |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office 1834-1836 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Fauquier County, Virginia | July 28, 1805
Died | February 25, 1884 Lewisburg, West Virginia | (aged 78)
Political party | Democratic |
Samuel Price (July 28, 1805 – February 25, 1884) was Virginia lawyer and politician, who helped to establish the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War and became Lieutenant Governor, and later a United States senator.