John Alden Thayer (December 22, 1857 – July 31, 1917) was a Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in

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. He was the son of

Eli Thayer Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. He was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in ...

. He graduated from

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in 1879. He studied law at

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. 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.

Hospitilazation and death

In mid July 1917 Thayer was admitted into the

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in Boston where he died on July 31, 1917.

References

Bibliography

*The Boston Globe, ''John Alden Thayer of Worcester Dead; Postmaster Passes Away in Boston Hospital Third District Elected Him to Congress in 1910'' August 1, 1917), p. 14. *''Who's who in State Politics, 1912'' Practical Politics (1912) p. 27. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thayer, John Alden 1857 births 1917 deaths Harvard University alumni Columbia Law School alumni Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts Clerks Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians