Samuel Thatcher
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 16th district |
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In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Orchard Cook |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 12th district |
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In office December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803 |
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| Preceded by | Silas Lee |
| Succeeded by | Thomson J. Skinner |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office 1801-1811 |
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July 1, 1776 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 18, 1872 (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.
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