Prescott was born in
Norbeck,
Montgomery County, Maryland to Alexander F. Prescott and Edith Stanley Kellogg Prescott. He was initially educated at
Rockville Academy, and graduated in 1914 from Rockville High School. He attended
Georgetown University, where he in 1919 received his
LL.B. degree. He also served in the
United States Army from 1917 to 1918, during
World War I. In 1924, Prescott was admitted to the Maryland
Bar and engaged in private practice as a
defense attorney in Rockville. He served as a member of the Rockville City Council from 1924 to 1930, as state's attorney for Montgomery County from 1930 to 1934, and as a member of the
Maryland Senate from 1935 to 1938. Prescott was confirmed as an associate judge of the 6th District of the Montgomery County Circuit in 1938, and was later confirmed as Chief Judge of the circuit in 1955. He served in that position until 1958, when he was chosen to serve on the
Maryland Court of Appeals as an associate judge. He was appointed Chief Judge in 1964, and served until August 30, 1966. Prescott married Edith Callender Minnick on July 14, 1917, with whom he had four children: Calla P. Belt, Stedman Prescott, Jr., Mary P. Rosenberger, and Anne P. Brandau. ==References==