John A. Thayer
U.S. Congressperson
1857 – 1917
Who was John A. Thayer?
John Alden Thayer was a Representative from Massachusetts.
He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Eli Thayer. He graduated from Harvard College in 1879. He studied law at Columbia Law School in New York City. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and was a clerk of the central district court of Worcester from 1892 to 1897.
He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1913. He failed reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912. In 1915, he was appointed postmaster of Worcester, and served until his death.
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- Born
- Dec 22, 1857
Worcester - Also known as
- John Thayer
- Parents
- Education
- Columbia Law School
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Worcester
- Died
- Jul 31, 1917
Boston
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on July 23, 2013
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