Ezra Parmelee Prentice (August 19, 1877 – July 19, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
[1] His father was Chief of Staff for General O. M. Mitchell during the American Civil War and counsel for the New York City Health Department from 1873 to 1892.
[2] Prentice attended Halsey Collegiate School in New York City.
He was Deputy Attorney General of New York from 1909 to 1910, was a member of the New York Republican State Committee, and in October 1910 he was elected Chairman of the Committee[1] after Theodore Roosevelt ousted the Party's Old Guard.
He resigned as chairman after Henry L. Stimson lost the governor's election to John Alden Dix.
During World War I, he served on the War Committee of the Bar of the City of New York, which provided assistance for the government and gave free legal service for people serving with the military as well as their family and dependents, and was Assistant to the Legal Committee of the Home Service Section of the American Red Cross and aided with issues related to the War Risk Insurance Act.