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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJohn Randolph THAYER
(1845-1916)
THAYER, John Randolph, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., March 9, 1845; attended the common schools and
Nichols Academy in Dudley, Worcester County, and was graduated from
Yale College in 1869; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1871
and commenced practice in Worcester, Mass.; served in the city
council 1874-1876 and as alderman 1878-1880; was one of the
trustees of Nichols Academy for fifteen years; was an unsuccessful
candidate for district attorney in 1876; member of the State house
of representatives in 1880 and 1881; unsuccessful candidate for
mayor of Worcester in 1886; served in the State senate in 1890 and
1891; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the
Fifty-third Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth,
Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3,
1905); was not a candidate for renomination in 1904; resumed the
practice of law in Worcester, Mass., where he died December 19,
1916; interment in the Rural Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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