politician
Samuel Dexter.
American politician (1761–1816) who served in Congress and in Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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About Samuel Dexter
Samuel Dexter was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Dexter was a 1781 graduate of Harvard College. After receiving his degree he studied law, attained admission to the bar in 1784, and began to practice in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.
Everything about Samuel Dexter →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative, United States Secretary of the Treasury, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, United States Secretary of War
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 14, 1761
- Died
- May 4, 1816