Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of Illinois on the Republican ticket in 1892.

Prince was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Philip Sidney Post.

He retired from active business pursuits in 1917 and resided in Los Angeles, California, until his death in that city on September 26, 1939.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress