Samuel Thatcher

Samuel Thatcher (born July 1, 1776 in Cambridge , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  July 18, 1872 in Bangor , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1802 and 1805 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Thatcher studied at Harvard University until 1793 . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1797, he began to work in New Gloucester in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s . Between 1801 and 1811, also during his time in Congress, he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts .

After the resignation of MP Silas Lee , Thatcher was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the twelfth seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on December 6, 1802. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1805 . Since 1803 he represented the 16th  electoral district of his state there. During his tenure as a congressman in 1803, the Louisiana Purchase greatly expanded United States territory. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified. That same year, Thatcher was not re-elected.

Between 1814 and 1821 he was sheriff in Lincoln County , which was part of Massachusetts until 1820 and since then has been part of the state of Maine. In 1824, Thatcher was a member of the Maine House of Representatives . From 1860 he lived in Bangor, where he died on July 18, 1872.

Web links

• Samuel Thatcher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Thatcher in the database of Find a Grave (English)