Samuel Dexter

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Samuel Dexter

3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office January 1, 1801 – May 13, 1801
President	John Adams Thomas Jefferson
Preceded by	Oliver Wolcott
Succeeded by	Albert Gallatin
4th United States Secretary of War
In office June 1, 1800 – January 31, 1801
President	John Adams
Preceded by	James McHenry
Succeeded by	Henry Dearborn
United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1799 – May 30, 1800
Preceded by	Theodore Sedgwick
Succeeded by	Dwight Foster
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795
Preceded by	Fisher Ames
Succeeded by	Theodore Sedgwick
Personal details
Born	(1761-05-14)May 14, 1761 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	May 4, 1816(1816-05-04) (aged 54) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Federalist
Alma mater	Harvard University
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Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761 – May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet.

Life

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Rev. Samuel Dexter, the 4th minister of Dedham, he graduated from Harvard University in 1781 and then studied law at Worcester under Levi Lincoln, Sr., the future Attorney General of the United States. After he passed the bar in 1784, he began practicing in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.

He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served 1788 to 1790. He was elected to the 3rd Congress by way of the United States House of Representatives and then elected as Federalist to the United States Senate. In December 1799, he memorably wrote the memorial eulogy to George Washington upon the first president's death. His house in Dedham stands to today.

He served for less than a year as he was appointed United States Secretary of War by President John Adams in 1800. During his time at this station he urged congressional action to permit appointment and compensation of field officers for general staff duty.

Dexter depicted on US Fractional currency.

Upon Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, Jr.'s resignation in December 1800, Adams appointed Dexter as interim Secretary. He then briefly conducted the affairs of the War Office. He administered the oath of office to Chief Justice John Marshall, and later declined the ambassadorship to Spain.

He returned to Boston in 1805 and resumed the practice of law. He left the Federalist party to espouse Republican views on the War of 1812, and he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1814, 1815 and 1816. He was an ardent supporter of the temperance movement and presided over its first formal organization in Massachusetts.

He died on May 4, 1816 shortly before his 55th birthday and is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Simon Newton Dexter and Andrew Dexter, Jr. were his nephews.

Samuel W. Dexter, founder of Dexter, Michigan, was his son.

Legacy

Samuel Dexter is the namesake of Dexter, Maine.^[1] The USRC Dexter (1830) was named in his honor.

References

↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 105.

External links

Samuel Dexter at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-5-20
"Samuel Dexter". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-5-20.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Fisher Ames	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Massachusetts's 1st congressional district 1793–1795	Succeeded by Theodore Sedgwick
United States Senate
Preceded by Theodore Sedgwick	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts 1799–1800 Served alongside: Benjamin Goodhue	Succeeded by Dwight Foster
Political offices
Preceded by James McHenry	United States Secretary of War 1800–1801	Succeeded by Henry Dearborn
Preceded by Oliver Wolcott	United States Secretary of the Treasury 1801	Succeeded by Albert Gallatin

v t e United States Senators from Massachusetts

Class 1	Dalton Cabot Goodhue Mason Adams Lloyd Gore Ashmun Mellen Mills Webster Choate Webster Winthrop Rantoul Sumner Washburn Dawes Lodge, Sr. Butler Walsh Lodge, Jr. J. Kennedy Smith E. Kennedy Kirk Brown Warren

Class 2	Strong Sedgwick Dexter Foster Pickering Varnum Otis Lloyd Silsbee Davis Bates Davis Everett Rockwell Wilson Boutwell Hoar Crane J. Weeks Walsh Gillett Coolidge Lodge, Jr. S. Weeks Saltonstall Brooke Tsongas Kerry Cowan Markey

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts

1st district	Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward, Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham Appleton Gorham Lawrence Fletcher Lawrence Winthrop Appleton Winthrop S Eliot Appleton Scudder T Eliot Hall T Eliot Buffinton Crapo Davis Randall Wright Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal

2nd district	Goodhue Foster W Lyman Sedgwick Ward W Lyman Shepard J Crowninshield Story Pickman Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffinton Ames Harris Long Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern

3rd district	Gerry Bourne Coffin Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C Adams Thomas Rice Twichell Whiting Pierce Field Dean Field Ranney L Morse Andrew Walker Thayer R Hoar Washburn Thayer Wilder Paige Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N Tsongas

4th district	Sedgwick Dearborn Thatcher Wadsworth Foster Lincoln Hastings Varnum Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller Everett Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins Rice Hooper Frost Abbott L Morse Collins J O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III

5th district	Partridge Bourne Freeman L Williams Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley Davis Lincoln Hudson Allen Appleton Burlingame Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L Morse Hayden Banks Hoar Stevens Knox Ames J Rogers E Rogers F Morse Cronin P Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N Tsongas Markey Clark

6th district	Thatcher Leonard Reed Sr. J Smith Taggart Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G Davis Upham T Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin Andrew G Bates W Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney

7th district	Leonard Ward Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Henry Shaw Dwight Allen Grennell Briggs Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty Hoar Tarbox Butler Russell Stone Cogswell Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W Connery L Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano

8th district	Grout Thatcher Ames Otis Eustis L Williams Green Gardner Green Reed Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin Hoar JMS Williams Warren Claflin Candler Russell Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch

9th district	Varnum Bishop Dean Wheaton Reed Folger Reed Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H Williams Hale Fowler Little Dewitt Thayer Bailey Walker Washburn Crocker Hoar Rice T Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce Russell Luce Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating

10th district	Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey HAS Dearborn W Baylies Borden H Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross Rice Russell J Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating

11th district	Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A Bigelow Brigham B Adams Russell Hobart Richardson J Adams Reed Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly

12th district	Dearborn Parker Lee S Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L Bigelow Baylies Hodges J Adams Robinson Rockwell Crosby Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds

13th district	Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis Reed Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke

14th district	G Thatcher Cutts King Holmes Lovering Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin

15th district	Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford

16th district	S Thatcher Cook Tallman Davis Brown Orr Hill T Thacher Walsh Gifford

17th district	Bruce Chandler Gannett F Carr Wood J Carr Wilson Kinsley

18th district	Wilson Rice Parker

19th district	Parker Conner Gage Cushman

20th district	Hubbard Parris Lincoln

At-large	Cobb

v t e United States Secretaries of the Treasury

Hamilton Wolcott Dexter Gallatin Campbell Dallas Crawford Rush Ingham McLane Duane Taney Woodbury Ewing Forward Spencer Bibb Walker Meredith Corwin Guthrie Cobb Thomas Dix Chase Fessenden McCulloch Boutwell Richardson Bristow Morrill Sherman Windom Folger Gresham McCulloch Manning Fairchild Windom Foster Carlisle Gage Shaw Cortelyou MacVeagh McAdoo Glass Houston Mellon Mills Woodin Morgenthau Vinson Snyder Humphrey Anderson Dillon Fowler Barr Kennedy Connally Shultz Simon Blumenthal Miller Regan Baker Brady Bentsen Rubin Summers O'Neill Snow Paulson Geithner Lew

U.S. Secretaries of War and the Army

U.S. Department
of War
(1789–1949)

Secretaries of War	B. Lincoln Knox Pickering McHenry Dexter Dearborn Eustis Armstrong Monroe W. Crawford Calhoun Barbour P. Porter Eaton Cass Poinsett Bell Spencer J. Porter Wilkins Marcy G. Crawford Conrad J. Davis Floyd Holt S. Cameron Stanton Schofield Rawlins Belknap A. Taft J. Cameron McCrary Ramsey R. Lincoln Endicott Proctor Elkins Lamont Alger Root W. Taft Wright Dickinson Stimson Garrison Baker Weeks D. Davis Good Hurley Dern Woodring Stimson Patterson Royall

Assistant Secretaries of War	Scott Watson Tucker Wolcott Dana Eckert Grant Doe Meiklejohn Sanger Oliver Breckinridge Ingraham Crowell Williams Wainwright D. Davis MacNider Hurley Payne Woodring L. Johnson Patterson McCloy Petersen

U.S. Department
of the Army
(1949–present)

Secretaries of the Army	Royall Gray Pace Stevens Brucker Stahr Vance Ailes Resor Froehlke Callaway Hoffmann C. Alexander Marsh Stone West Caldera White Harvey Geren McHugh

Under Secretaries of the Army	Draper Gray Voorhees A. Alexander Bendetsen E. Johnson Slezak Finucane Milton Ailes Ignatius Resor McGiffert Beal BeLieu Staudt Augustine LaBerge Ambrose Stone Shannon Reeder Walker Rostker Dahlberg Brownlee Geren Ford Westphal

v t e Cabinet of President John Adams (1797–1801)

Vice President	Thomas Jefferson (1797–1801)

Secretary of State	Timothy Pickering (1797–1800) John Marshall (1800–1801)

Secretary of the Treasury	Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1797–1801) Samuel Dexter (1801)

Secretary of War	James McHenry (1796–1800) Samuel Dexter (1800–1801)

Attorney General	Charles Lee (1797–1801)

Postmaster General	Joseph Habersham (1797-1801)

Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin Stoddert (1798–1801)

v t e Cabinet of President Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)

Vice President	Aaron Burr (1801–1805) George Clinton (1805–1809)

Secretary of State	James Madison (1801–1809)

Secretary of the Treasury	Samuel Dexter (1801) Albert Gallatin (1801–1809)

Secretary of War	Henry Dearborn (1801–1809)

Attorney General	Levi Lincoln, Sr. (1801–1804) Robert Smith (1805) John Breckinridge (1805–1806) Caesar A. Rodney (1807–1809)

Postmaster General	Joseph Habersham (1801) Gideon Granger (1801-1809)

Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin Stoddert (1801) Robert Smith (1801–1809)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 49590963 LCCN: n85024006

Persondata
Name	Dexter, Samuel
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	May 14, 1761
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts
Date of death	May 4, 1816
Place of death	Boston, Massachusetts

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