Thomas Chandler Thacher

Thomas Chandler Thacher ( born July 20, 1858 in Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, † April 11, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Thacher attended the public schools of his native land and from then until 1878, the Adams Academy in Quincy. This was followed up in 1882 to study at Harvard University. He then worked in Boston in the wool industry. He was also president of the agricultural union in Barnstable County and the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association. Moreover, he was chairman of the planning commission of the municipality Yarmouth Port. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

Was in the congressional elections of 1912 Thacher in the 16th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Mark Langdon Hill on March 4, 1913. Since he has not been confirmed in 1914, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1915. In 1913 were the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution ratified.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Thomas Thacher its previous activities on again. He also wrote treatises on economic issues. He died on 11 April 1945 in Boston and was buried in his hometown of Yarmouth Port.