
politician
American politician (1761–1816) who served in Congress and in Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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Join the roomSamuel 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.
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