{{Short description|American politician (1857–1917)}} {{other people||John Thayer (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =John Alden Thayer |image= John Alden Thayer Massachusetts Congressman circa 1912.png | caption =John Alden Thayer circa 1912<ref>{{Citation| title =Who's who in State Politics, 1912 | page = 27 | publisher = Practical Politics | location = Boston, MA | year = 1912}}</ref> | state=[[Massachusetts]] | district =[[Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district|3rd]] | term_start =March 4, 1911 | term_end =March 3, 1913 | preceded =[[Charles G. Washburn]] | succeeded =[[William Wilder]] | birth_date ={{birth date text|December 22, 1857}} | birth_place =[[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date ={{death date and age|July 31, 1917|December 22, 1857}}<ref name="JohnAlden1917">{{Citation | title =John Alden Thayer of Worcester Dead; Postmaster Passes Away in Boston Hospital Third District Elected Him to Congress in 1910 (aged 59) | page = 14 | newspaper = The Boston Globe | location = Boston, MA| date = August 1, 1917 }}</ref> | death_place =[[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.<ref name="JohnAlden1917" /> | party =[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater =[[Harvard University|Harvard College]], 1879; [[Columbia Law School]] 1889<ref name="Whowho1912">{{Citation| publisher =Practical Politics| title =Who's who in State Politics, 1912 | page = 27 | location = Boston, MA | year = 1912}}</ref> | occupation = | profession =Attorney<ref name="Whowho1912" /> | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''John Alden Thayer''' (December 22, 1857 &ndash; July 31, 1917) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

He was born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. He was the son of [[Eli Thayer]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University|Harvard College]] in 1879. He studied law at [[Columbia Law School]] in [[New York City]]. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and was a clerk of the central district court of Worcester from 1892 to 1897.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1913. He failed reelection in [[United States House election, 1912|1912]] to the Sixty-third Congress. He was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]] in 1912. In 1915, he was appointed postmaster of Worcester, and served until his death.

==Hospitalization and death== In mid July 1917 Thayer was admitted into the [[Peter Bent Brigham Hospital]] in Boston where he died on July 31, 1917.<ref name="JohnAlden1917" />

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==Bibliography== *The Boston Globe, ''John Alden Thayer of Worcester Dead; Postmaster Passes Away in Boston Hospital Third District Elected Him to Congress in 1910'' August 1, 1917), p.&nbsp;14. *''Who's who in State Politics, 1912'' Practical Politics (1912) p.&nbsp;27. * {{CongBio|T000147|ref=none}}

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