Isaac Fletcher (American politician)
Isaac Fletcher | |
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State's Attorney of Caledonia County, Vermont | |
In office 1820–1828 | |
Preceded by | William A. Griswold |
Succeeded by | Charles Davis |
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Lyndon | |
In office 1819-1821 | |
Preceded by | Isiah Fisk |
Succeeded by | Isiah Fisk |
In office 1822-1823 | |
Preceded by | Isiah Fisk |
Succeeded by | Isiah Fisk |
In office 1824-1825 | |
Preceded by | Isiah Fisk |
Succeeded by | William Cahoon |
Personal details | |
Born | Dunstable, Massachusetts, U.S. | November 22, 1784
Died | October 19, 1842 Lyndon, Vermont, U.S. | (aged 57)
Political party | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Spouse | Abigail Stone Fletcher |
Children | Charles B. Fletcher |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College University of Vermont |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Isaac Fletcher (November 22, 1784 – October 19, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont and as Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia.
Biography
Fletcher was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts[1] to Joseph Fletcher and Molly Cummings Fletcher.[2] He pursued classical studies, and graduated with honors from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1808.[3] He taught at the academy at Chesterfield, New Hampshire, while in college, and after graduating he studied law with the firm of Prescott & Dunbar in Keene, New Hampshire. He was admitted to the bar in Keene and in Newfane, Vermont, in December 1811, and moved to Lyndon, Vermont, to start a practice. Among the prospective attorneys who studied under Fletcher were Thomas J. D. Fuller and Thomas Bartlett Jr.[4]
He was a member of the
He was military aide to Governor Richard Skinner, and served as Adjutant General of the State Militia from 1824 until 1833.[7][8]
He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1837, until March 3, 1841.[9] While in Congress, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Patents. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress.
Personal life
Fletcher married Abigail Stone on February 4, 1812. They had one son, Charles B. Fletcher.[10]
Death
Fletcher's health declined rapidly during his final term in Congress, which was attributed by doctors to overwork. He died in Lyndon on October 19, 1842, and is interred at the Lyndon Town Cemetery in Lyndon.[11]
References
- ^ Nason and Varney (1890). Massachusetts Gazetteer. Nason and Varney. p. 279.
- ^ "Isaac Fletcher (1784 - 1842)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ Nason, Elias (1877). A history of the town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year of Our Lord 1873. A. Mudge. pp. 218.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fletcher, Isaac (1784-1842)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ The Washington Theological Repertory, and Churchman's Guide, Volume 5; Volume 7. The Washington Theological Repertory, and Churchman's Guide, Volume 5; Volume 7. 1823. p. 125.
- ^ Nason, Elias (1877). A history of the town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year of Our Lord 1873. A. Mudge. pp. 218.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rep. Isaac Fletcher". Govtrack.us. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ "Descendants of Robert Fletcher". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Further reading
- "A history of the town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year of Our Lord 1873" by Elias Nason and George Bailey Loring, published by A. Mudge, 1877.
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