Harry Irving Thayer

Who was Harry Irving Thayer?

Harry Irving Thayer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Pembroke on September 10, 1869. He attended the public schools of Hanover and engaged in the leather business. He was an organizer and president of the Thayer-Ross Co., president of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, and president of the Tanners’ Council of the United States. Thayer was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924, and was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress. He served from March 4, 1925, until his death in Wakefield on March 10, 1926. His interment was in Lakeside Cemetery.