The Thayer family is an American

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family. They are descended from early settlers and brothers Thomas Thayer (1596–1665) and Richard Thayer (1601–1664). SylvanusThayer

Notable members

* Atherton Thayer (1766–1798), Sheriff * Ebenezer Thayer (1746–1809), Sheriff * Thomas Thayer (1596–1665), Pilgrim. * Richard Thayer (1601–1664), Pilgrim. * Simeon Thayer (1737–1800),

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officer *

Sylvanus Thayer Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 – September 7, 1872) was an United States, American military officer, engineer and educator who served as the fifth superintendent of the United States Military Academy, superintendent of the United States Militar ...

(1785–1872), United States Army general, Father of

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* Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883), financier,

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, and one of the most generous citizens of Boston ** Nathaniel Thayer, III (1851–1911), capitalist and pioneer railroad promoter ** Bayard Thayer (1862–1916), millionaire sportsman, horticulturist ** John Eliot Thayer (April 3, 1862 – July 29, 1933) ornithologist * Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer (1855–1907), financier and capitalist ** Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer, Jr. (1881–1937), banker and businessman * Adin Thayer (1816–1890), New York politician *

Alexander Wheelock Thayer Alexander Wheelock Thayer (October 22, 1817 – July 15, 1897) was an American librarian and journalist who became the author of the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven. After many updates, it was still regarded as a standard work ...

(1817–1897), American librarian, journalist, and biographer * Andrew J. Thayer (1818–1873),

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from Oregon * William Wallace Thayer (1827–1899),

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and brother of Andrew J. Thayer * James Bradley Thayer (1831–1902), American legal writer and educationist * Amos Madden Thayer (1841–1905), United States federal judge * Francis S. Thayer (1822–1880), New York politician * William Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923), American historian * Harry Irving Thayer (1869–1926), United States Representative from Massachusetts

Ernest Thayer Ernest Lawrence Thayer (; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, and ...

(1863–1940), American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat", and uncle of Scofield Thayer *

Scofield Thayer Scofield Thayer (December 12, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts – July 9, 1982 in Edgartown) was a wealthy American poet and publisher, best known for his art collection, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and as a publisher and editor of ...

(1889–1982), American poet and publisher *

Eli Thayer Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a Republican 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 1 ...

(1819–1899), United States Representative from Massachusetts ** John A. Thayer (1857–1917), United States Representative from Massachusetts * John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Nebraska, Governor of Wyoming, United States Senator, and Civil War general * Samuel R. Thayer (1837–1909),

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* John R. Thayer (1845–1916), United States Representative from Massachusetts *

Abbott Handerson Thayer Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849May 29, 1921) was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are repres ...

(1849–1921), American painter, amateur naturalist, and teacher * Webster Thayer (1857–1933), the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti * William Greenough Thayer (1863–1934), American educator * Sigourney Thayer (1896–1944), poet, theatrical producer, and aviator * Robert H. Thayer (1901–1984), American lawyer, naval officer, and diplomat * Edwin Pope Thayer (1864–1943), Secretary of the United States Senate from 1925 to 1933 *

Martin Russell Thayer Martin Russell Thayer (January 27, 1819 – October 14, 1906) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. His grandnephew was John B. Thayer, who died on th ...

(1819–1906), United States Representative, great uncle of John Borland Thayer * John Borland Thayer (1862–1912), American businessman who died on the ''RMS Titanic'' ** Jack Thayer (1894–1945), his son, survivor of the ''Titanic'' sinking * James B. Thayer (1922–2018), United States Brigadier General **

Tommy Thayer Thomas Cunningham Thayer (born November 7, 1960) is an American musician. Thayer was the lead guitarist and vocalist for the hard rock band Kiss from 2002 to 2023. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue. Early life Thomas ...

(born 1960), lead guitarist for the rock band

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* Tom Thayer (born 1961), retired American football player for the

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and

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References

{{Reflist Political families of the United States