1. George Thatcher was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from the Maine district of Massachusetts.
11 Facts About George Thatcher
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George Thatcher was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788.
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George Thatcher was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1801 to 1824.
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George Thatcher read law and was admitted to the bar in 1778, and then moved to York in Massachusetts' District of Maine to open a practice.
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George Thatcher was named as one of the Massachusetts delegates to the Continental Congress in 1787.
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George Thatcher was later elected a US Congressman from the Maine district of Massachusetts, as a Pro-administration candidate in 1789 to 1792 and as a Federalist from 1794 to 1801.
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George Thatcher renewed debate on the issue of the "rights of man".
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George Thatcher accepted an appointment to a Massachusetts state court in 1792 and served until 1800 when he was appointed to the state's Supreme Judicial Court.
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George Thatcher resigned from the court in January 1824, and retired to Biddeford, Maine.
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George Thatcher was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814, and served on its board of councilors from 1815 to 1819.
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George Thatcher died at his home, and is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Biddeford.