Robert Prentiss

Robert G. Prentiss was an American politician.
Prentiss was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Pittsfield [High School (Massachusetts)|Pittsfield High School]. He then served in the United States [Marines Corps] during the Korean War. Prentiss graduated from University of Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in government and his master's degree from University of Iowa. He was a journalist in Massachusetts and served on the Pittsfield City Council. Prentiss moved to Colonie, New York and then lived in Voorheesville, New York. He served on the Albany [County, New York] Legislature. Prentiss then served in the New [York State Assembly] from 1994 to 2004. While living in New York, he was a Republican and then switched to the Democratic Party. Prentiss was a Democrat when he was living in Massachusetts. Prentiss died at his home in Voorheesville, New York, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.