Francis Samuel Thayer (September 11, 1822 in
Dummerston,
Windham County, Vermont – November 26, 1880 in
Colorado Springs,
El Paso County, Colorado) was an American merchant and politician from
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Life
He was the son of Adin Thayer (1785–1858) and Mary (Ball) Thayer.
He went to
Hoosick Falls, New York
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, in the summer of 1841. Then he attended
Cambridge Academy for four months, and during the winter of 1841–42 taught school in
North Bennington, Vermont. In the spring of 1842, he removed to
Troy, New York, and became a clerk in a flour store. After five years, he was made a partner, and engaged extensively in the flour and milling business.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(12th D.) from 1868 to 1871, sitting in the
91st,
92nd,
93rd and
94th New York State Legislatures. He was the only Republican who voted against the
Tweed Charter.
At the
New York state election, 1873
The 1873 New York state election was held on November 4, 1873, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as wel ...
, he ran on the
Republican ticket for
Secretary of State of New York, but was defeated by Democrat
Diedrich Willers, Jr. Thayer was Auditor of the Canal Department from April 15, 1874, to December 28, 1875, when he was suspended, in connection with the canal investigation. He resigned the office on January 11, 1876.
He went to Colorado Springs, hoping to find relief from his
asthma, and died there. He was buried at
Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.
Canal Commissioner
Adin Thayer (1816–1890) was his brother.
Succession
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 444)
''Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York in 1868''by S. R. Harlow & S. C. Hutchins (pg. 143ff)
''THE CANAL INVESTIGATION; SUSPENSION OF AUDITOR THAYER''in nYT on December 29, 1875
''EX-AUDITOR THAYER''in NYT on January 11, 1876
''OBITUARY; THE HON. FRANCIS S. THAYER''in NYT on November 27, 1880
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1822 births
1880 deaths
People from Dummerston, Vermont
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Troy, New York
19th-century American legislators
Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
19th-century New York (state) politicians