Preceded by William Lawrence Name Thomas Theaker Resigned March 3, 1861 Political party Republican Succeeded by James R. Morris | Preceded by David P. Holloway Party Republican Party Appointed by Andrew Johnson Role U.S. congressman Resting place Bridgeport | |
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Born February 4, 1812
York, Pennsylvania ( 1812-02-04 ) Died July 16, 1883, Oakland, Maryland, United States | ||
Thomas Clarke Theaker (February 4, 1812 – July 16, 1883) was a U. S. Congressman and commissioner of the United States Patent Office.
Theaker was a native of York, Pennsylvania, but moved to Bridgeport, Ohio, in 1830, where he became a wheelwright and machinist. Elected as a Republican to represent the Seventeenth Congressional District of Ohio to the Thirty-Sixth Congress. He failed to win re-election in 1860, but was appointed to a seat on the U.S. Patent Office's Board of Appeals. On August 15, 1865, he was appointed commissioner of the Patent Office, a post he held until his resignation in January 1868.
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