Samuel Taggart

Samuel Taggart (* March 24, 1754 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, † April 25, 1825 in Colrain, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1817 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Taggart attended preparatory schools and then to 1774 Dartmouth College in Hanover. After a subsequent study of theology and of his ordination to the clergy took place in 1776 he began to work in this profession. At first he was a pastor in Colrain; then he traveled to the west of the State of New York as a missionary. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Taggart was in the sixth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Josiah Smith on March 4, 1803. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1817 seven legislative sessions. During his time as a congressman, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Thomas Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. Taggart also saw the British -American War of 1812 as a congressman. In the course of this war and the Congress was burned by the British, and was forced to move for a few years in an alternative venue.

In 1816 Samuel Taggart opted not to run again. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked until his retirement on October 28, 1818 again as a clergyman in Colrain. He died on April 25, 1825 on his local farm.

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