John A. Thayer

John A. Thayer

John Alden Thayer (born December 22, 1857 in Worcester , Massachusetts , †  July 31, 1917 there ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Thayer was the son of Congressman Eli Thayer (1819–1899). He attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at Harvard University until 1879 . After that he taught temporarily as a teacher. After a subsequent law degree at Columbia College in New York City and his admission to the bar in 1889, he began to work in Worcester in this profession. Between 1892 and 1897 he was employed in the administration of the Worcester District Court. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1910 congressional election , Thayer was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Charles G. Washburn on March 4, 1911 . Since he was not re-elected in 1912, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1913 . In 1912 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Woodrow Wilson was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In 1915 John Thayer became a postman in Worcester. He held this office until his death on July 31, 1917.

Web links

• John A. Thayer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John A. Thayer in the database of Find a Grave (English)