Prentiss Mellen was a lawyer, politician, and jurist from Massachusetts and Maine. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Harvard, Mellen served for two years as a United States senator from Massachusetts, and was appointed Maine's first chief justice after it achieved statehood in 1820.
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 11, 1764
- Died
- December 31, 1840
