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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSamuel LATHROP
(1772-1846)
LATHROP, Samuel, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in West Springfield,
Hampden County, Mass., on May 1, 1772; pursued classical studies
and was graduated from Yale College in 1792; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in West Springfield;
clerk and treasurer 1796-1798; town moderator for eight years;
elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Congresses, reelected as a Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth
Congress and as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress
(March 4, 1819-March 3, 1827); chairman, Committee on Revisal and
Unfinished Business (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses);
resumed the practice of law and devoted considerable time to
agricultural pursuits; member of the state senate in 1829 and 1830
and served as its president; died in West Springfield, Mass., July
11, 1846; interment in the Park Street Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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