Samuel Price

Samuel Price
United States Senator from West Virginia
In office August 26, 1876 – January 26, 1877
Preceded by	Allen T. Caperton
Succeeded by	Frank Hereford
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
In office 1864–1865
Preceded by	Robert L. Montague
Succeeded by	Leopold C. P. Cowper
Personal details
Born	(1805-07-28)July 28, 1805 Fauquier County, Virginia
Died	Lewisburg, West Virginia
Political party	Democratic

Samuel Price (July 28, 1805 – February 25, 1884) was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, he moved with his parents to Preston County (now in West Virginia) in 1815. He received a preparatory training, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1832, commencing the practice of his profession in Nicholas and Braxton Counties. He was county clerk of Nicholas County 1830 and prosecuting attorney in 1833. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1834 to 1836, and moved to Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1836 and to Lewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1838. He was prosecuting attorney for Braxton County from 1836 to 1850 and a member of the House of Delegates from 1847 to 1850 and in 1852.

Price was a delegate to the constitutional conventions in 1850, 1851, and 1861; in 1863 he was elected the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in and served until the close of the Civil War. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of West Virginia in 1872 and was its president. He was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen T. Caperton and served from August 26, 1876, to January 26, 1877, when a successor was elected. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1876 for election to fill the vacancy. In 1884 he died in Lewisburg. Interment was in the Stuart Burying Ground at Stuart Manor, near Lewisburg.

The Gov. Samuel Price House at Lewisburg was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

• Samuel Price at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by Andrew J. Montague	Lieutenant Governor of Virginia 1864–1865	Succeeded by Leopold C. P. Cowper
United States Senate
Preceded by Allen T. Caperton	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from West Virginia 1876–1877 Served alongside: Henry G. Davis	Succeeded by Frank Hereford