Seargent Smith Prentiss

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Seargent Smith Prentiss
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
In office May 29, 1838 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	John F. H. Claiborne
Succeeded by	Jacob Thompson
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office 1835–1836
Personal details
Born	(1808-09-30)September 30, 1808 Portland, Maine
Died	July 1, 1850(1850-07-01) (aged 41) Natchez, Mississippi
Political party	Whig
Education	Bowdoin College
Occupation	Lawyer, politician

Seargent Smith Prentiss (September 30, 1808 – July 1, 1850) was an American attorney and politician. He served as a state representative in Mississippi and then was elected in 1838 as US representative from the state in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress, serving one term from 1838 to 1839. Prentiss was noted as one of the most remarkable orators of his day. Daniel Webster, known himself as a great orator, said that he had never heard a speaker as powerful as Prentiss.