Samuel Thatcher

Samuel Thatcher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1805
Preceded by	Silas Lee (12th) 16th District created in 1803
Succeeded by	Thomson J. Skinner (12th) Orchard Cook (16th)
Constituency	12th district (1802–03) 16th district (1803–05)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1801-1811
Personal details
Born	(1776-07-01)July 1, 1776 Cambridge, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	July 18, 1872(1872-07-18) (aged 96) Bangor, Maine, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard College
Profession	lawyer

Samuel Thatcher (July 1, 1776 – July 18, 1872) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

He was born in Cambridge in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on July 1, 1776; was graduated from Harvard University in 1793; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced practice in New Gloucester (then in Massachusetts' District of Maine); moved to Warren in 1800; member of the Massachusetts house of representatives 1801–1811; was elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Silas Lee; reelected to the Eighth Congress and served from December 6, 1802, to March 3, 1805; sheriff of Lincoln County, 1814–1821; member of the Maine house of representatives in 1824; moved to Bangor, Maine, in 1860, and died there July 18, 1872; interment in Bangor's Mount Hope Cemetery.

External links

• United States Congress. "Samuel Thatcher (id: T000143)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Samuel Thatcher at Find a Grave