# Samuel Taggart

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Samuel Taggart Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1817 Preceded by Josiah Smith Succeeded by Samuel Clesson Allen Personal details Born (1754-03-24)March 24, 1754 Londonderry, Province of New Hampshire, British America Died April 25, 1825(1825-04-25) (aged 71) Colrain, Massachusetts, U.S. Resting place Chandler Hill Cemetery Colrain, Massachusetts Party Federalist Spouse(s) Elizabeth Duncan Taggart Mary Ayer Taggart Children Robert Taggart Samuel D. Taggart Daniel Taggart Jean Taggart Elizabeth Betsy Taggart James Taggart George Taggart Mary Polly Taggart Rufus Taggart Esther Taggart Lucy Taggart Moses Taggart Catherine Taggart Mary Ann Taggart William Ayer Taggart Alma mater Dartmouth College, 1774 Occupation Minister Politician Farmer Profession Presbyterian Minister

**Samuel Taggart** (March 24, 1754 – April 25, 1825) was a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterianism) minister, an [American](/source/United_States) politician and a [U. S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

## Early life

The son of Matthew Taggart, he was born in [Londonderry](/source/Londonderry%2C_New_Hampshire) in the [Province of New Hampshire](/source/Province_of_New_Hampshire) on March 24, 1754. Taggart completed preparatory studies, and graduated from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) in 1774. He studied theology and was licensed to preach.

## Career

Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry[1] on February 19, 1777, Taggart was installed as pastor of a church in [Colrain, Massachusetts](/source/Colrain%2C_Massachusetts). He then journeyed as a missionary through western [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).

Taggart was elected as a [Federalist](/source/Federalist_Party_(United_States)) to the [Eighth](/source/8th_United_States_Congress) and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving as a United States representative for the sixth district of the state of Massachusetts (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1817). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1816, but continued his service as pastor of the Colrain Presbyterian Church until October 28, 1818, when he resigned.[2]

## Death

Taggart died on his farm in Colrain, Massachusetts, on April 25, 1825 (age 71 years, 32 days). He is [interred](/source/Burial) at Chandler Hill Cemetery.

## Family life

Born son of James and Jean Anderson Taggart, he married Elizabeth Duncan in 1777 and they had twelve children: Robert, Samuel D., Daniel, Jean, Elizabeth Betsy, James, George, Mary Polly, Rufus, Esther, Lucy, and Moses. Elizabeth died on March 4, 1815, and he married Mary Ayer on March 25, 1816. They had three children: Catherine, Mary Ann, and William Ayer.[3]

## Bibliography

- Taggart, Samuel. [“Letters of Samuel Taggart: Representative in Congress from 1803 to 1814: Part I, 1803-1807”](http://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44806710.pdf) Edited by George H. Haynes. *Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society* **33** (April 1923): 113–226.

- Taggart, Samuel. [“Letters of Samuel Taggart: Representative in Congress from 1803 to 1814: Part II, 1808-1814"](http://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44806719.pdf) Edited by George H. Haynes. *Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society* **33** (October 1923): 297–438.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Taggart, Samuel (1832). [*Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Volumes 3-4*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GmASAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110). New Hampshire Historical Society. p. 110.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Taggart, Samuel (2004). [*Encyclopedia of the War of 1812*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_c09EJgek50C&pg=PA499). David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler Naval Institute Press. p. 498. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781591143628](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781591143628).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Samuel Taggart"](https://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mabiog/Franklin_Country/taggartsamuel.htm). RootsWeb.Ancestry.com. Retrieved February 13, 2014.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Samuel Taggart (id: T000012)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000012). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [Samuel Taggart](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7480743) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Josiah Smith Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1817 Succeeded by Samuel Clesson Allen

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