| LC control no. | n 85024006 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dexter, Samuel, 1761-1816 |
| Variant(s) | Junior sophister, 1761-1816 |
| Birth date | 1761-05-14 |
| Death date | 1816-05-04 |
| Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Athens (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Harvard College (1780- ) Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate United States. War Department United States. Department of the Treasury Federal Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators Cabinet officers |
| Found in | His The progress of science, 1780: t.p. (a junior sophister) DAB (Dexter, Samuel; grad. Harvard 1782; lawyer in Lunenberg, Billerica, and Charlestown, Mass.; U.S. Senator; U.S. Secretary of War; U.S. Secretary of Treasury; b. 5/14/1761; d. 5/4/1816) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, Jan. 7, 2016 (Dexter, Samuel, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., on May 14, 1761; graduated from Harvard College in 1781; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1784 and commenced practice in Lunenburg, Mass.; member, State house of representatives 1788-1790; elected to the Third Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1795); elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1799, until May 30, 1800, when he resigned to enter the Cabinet; appointed Secretary of War by President John Adams 1800; appointed Secretary of the Treasury 1801; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1805 and continued the practice of law; declined the appointment of Minister to Spain in 1815; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1816; died in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., May 4, 1816; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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