Samuel Thatcher

Samuel Thatcher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1803  March 3, 1805
Preceded by District created
Succeeded by Orchard Cook
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 12th district
In office
December 6, 1802  March 3, 1803
Preceded by Silas Lee
Succeeded by Thomson J. Skinner
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1801-1811
Personal details
Born (1776-07-01)July 1, 1776
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died July 18, 1872(1872-07-18) (aged 96)
Bangor, Maine
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, Mass., 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, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts); 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, Maine, 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.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Silas Lee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 12th congressional district

(Maine district)
December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1805
Succeeded by
Thomson Skinner


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