George Thatcher
George Thatcher | |
|---|---|
George Leonard | |
| Constituency | 6th district |
| In office April 4, 1791 – March 3, 1801 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Grout |
| Succeeded by | Richard Cutts |
| Constituency | 8th district (1791–1793) 4th district (1793–1795) 14th district (1795–1801) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 12, 1754 Yarmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | April 6, 1824 (aged 69) Biddeford, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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George Thatcher (sometimes spelled Thacher; April 12, 1754 – April 6, 1824) was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from the Maine district of Massachusetts. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788. He was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1801 to 1824.
Life
Thatcher was born April 12, 1754, in
Thatcher was named as one of the Massachusetts delegates to the Continental Congress in 1787. He wrote under the name "Scribble Scrabble."[2]
Congressman
He was later elected a
Fugitive Slave Act
In 1788 North Carolina passed a law allowing the capture and sale of any former slave who had been freed without court approval. Many freed African Americans fled the state to avoid being captured and sold back into slavery. Rev
The petition was presented on January 30, 1797, by
Later career
Thatcher accepted an appointment to a Massachusetts state court in 1792 and served until 1800 when he was appointed to the
Thatcher, an ardent Unitarian, helped to sponsor the creation of Bowdoin College so that Maine would have its own institution of higher education. For the college's first dozen years, he served as a regent.
Thatcher was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814,[8] and served on its board of councilors from 1815 to 1819.[9]
Thatcher died at his home, and is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Biddeford.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Thatcher, George, (1754 – 1824)", Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress
- ^ Scribble Scrabble, the Second Amendment, and Historical Guideposts: A Short Reply to Lawrence Rosenthal and Joyce Lee Malcolm
- ^ "Voteview | Plot Vote: 2nd Congress > House > 85". voteview.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "The 1797 Petition", The Making of African American Identity: Vol. I, 1500-1865, National Humanities Center, 2007
- ^ White, Deborah Gray (2013). Freedom On My Mind: A History of African Americans. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin's.
- ^ Hammond, John Craig. “‘That Species of Property Already Exists’: Natchez, Mississippi, 1795–1800.” Slavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Early American West, University of Virginia Press, 2007, pp. 13–29. JSTOR website Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Folsom, George. History of Saco and Biddeford, A. C. Putnam, 1830
- ^ "American Antiquarian Society Members Directory". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ^ Dunbar, B. (1987). Members and Officers of the American Antiquarian Society. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society.
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