Samuel S. Phelps

Samuel Shethar Phelps
United States Senator
from Vermont
In office
January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854
Appointed byErastus Fairbanks
Preceded byWilliam Upham
Succeeded byLawrence Brainerd
In office
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byBenjamin Swift
Succeeded bySolomon Foot
Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
In office
1832–1838
Preceded byJohn C. Thompson
Succeeded byMilo Lyman Bennett
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Middlebury
In office
1821–1832
Preceded byJonathan Hagar
Succeeded byEdward D. Barber
Personal details
Born(1793-05-13)May 13, 1793
Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 1855(1855-03-25) (aged 61)
Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Frances Shurtleff Phelps
Electa Satterlee Phelps
Children3, including Edward John Phelps
EducationYale University
Litchfield Law School
ProfessionAttorney

Samuel Shethar Phelps (May 13, 1793 – March 25, 1855) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a United States senator from Vermont, and a member of the Whig Party.