Samuel Lathrop

Samuel Lathrop ( born May 1, 1772 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, † July 11, 1846 ) was an American politician. Between 1819 and 1827 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After a good primary education Samuel Lathrop studied until 1792 at Yale College. Following a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer in West Springfield, he began to work in this profession. In this city he held several local offices, including the post of treasurer. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1818 Lathrop was in the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Elijah H. Mills on March 4, 1819. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1827 four legislative sessions. Since 1823, he represented the eighth district of his state there. From 1821 to 1825 he was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Samuel Lathrop again practiced as a lawyer. In addition, he worked in agriculture. In the years 1829 and 1830 he was a member and President of the Senate of Massachusetts. He died on July 11, 1846 in his hometown of West Springfield.