Thayer family

Thayer is a surname of English origin.^[1]

Notable people

Sylvanus Thayer, the Father of West Point

• Thomas Thayer (1596–1665), Pilgrim.^[1]
• Richard Thayer (1601–1664), Pilgrim.^[1]
• Simeon Thayer (1737–1800), American Revolutionary War officer
• Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), United States general, Father of West Point, and relative of Fisher Ames
• Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883), financier, philanthropist, and one of the most generous citizens of Boston
• Adin Thayer (1816–1890), New York politician
• Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817 - 1897), American librarian, journalist, and biographer
• Andrew J. Thayer (1818–1873), United States Congressman from Oregon
• William Wallace Thayer (1827–1899), Governor of Oregon and brother of Andrew J. Thayer
• James Bradley Thayer (1831–1902), American legal writer and educationist
• Amos Madden Thayer (1841–1905), United States federal judge
• Francis S. Thayer (1822–1880), New York politician
• William Roscoe Thayer (1859-1923), American historian
• Harry Irving Thayer (1869 - 1926), United States Congressman from Massachusetts

Ernest Thayer, American poet

• Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat", and uncle of Scofield Thayer
• Scofield Thayer (1889–1982), American poet and publisher
• Eli Thayer (1819–1899), United States Congressman from Massachusetts
  • John A. Thayer (1857–1917), United States Congressman from Massachusetts
• John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Nebraska, Governor of Wyoming, United States Senator, and Civil War general
• Samuel R. Thayer (1837 - 1909), United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
• John R. Thayer (1845–1916), United States Congressman from Massachusetts
• Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921), American painter, naturalist, and teacher
• Webster Thayer (1857–1933), the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
• William Greenough Thayer (1863–1934), American educator
  • Sigourney Thayer (1896–1944), poet, theatrical producer, and aviator
  • Robert H. Thayer (1901–1984), American lawyer, naval officer, and diplomat
• Martin Russell Thayer (1819–1906), United States Congressman, great uncle of John Borland Thayer
• John Borland Thayer (1862–1912), American businessman who died on the RMS Titanic
  • Jack Thayer (1894–1945), his son, survivor of the Titanic sinking
• James B. Thayer (born 1922), United States Brigadier General
  • Tommy Thayer (born 1960), lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss

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