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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsThomas Chandler THACHER
(1858-1945)
THACHER, Thomas Chandler,
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Yarmouth Port, Mass.,
July 20, 1858; attended the public schools; was graduated from
Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., in 1878 and from Harvard University
in 1882; became engaged in the wool business at Boston in 1882;
president of the Barnstable County Agricultural Society; president
of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association; chairman of the
Yarmouth Port Planning Board; served as chairman of the
Provincetown Tercentenary Commission in 1920; elected as a Democrat
to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914; writer on business
topics and also engaged in his former business pursuits; died in
Boston, Mass., April 11, 1945; interment in Woodside Cemetery,
Yarmouth Port, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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