{{Short description|American politician}} {{Other people|Thomas Thacher}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000140. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Thomas Chandler Thacher | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Thacher 3120291463 fda290f83d o.jpg | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|16|16th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1913 | term_end1 = March 3, 1915 | predecessor1 = ''[[Mark Langdon Hill|District reissued in 1913]]''<ref>This district was moved to Maine as a result of the [[Missouri Compromise]] in 1820.</ref> | successor1 = [[Joseph Walsh (Massachusetts politician)|Joseph Walsh]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1858|7|20}} | birth_place = [[Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1945|4|11|1858|7|20}} | death_place = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Thomas Chandler Thacher''' (July 20, 1858 – April 11, 1945) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

==Biography== Born in [[Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts]], Thacher attended the public schools. He was graduated from [[Adams Academy]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], in 1878 and from [[Harvard University]] in 1882. He became engaged in the [[wool]] business at Boston in 1882. He served as president of the [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable County]] Agricultural Society. He served as president of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association. He served as chairman of the Yarmouth Port Planning Board. He served as chairman of the Provincetown Tercentenary Commission in 1920.

Thacher was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[63rd United States Congress|63rd Congress]] (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. After his service in Congress, he became a writer on business topics and also engaged in his former business pursuits. He died in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], April 11, 1945. He was interred in Woodside Cemetery, [[Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts]].

==External links== *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3120291463 Thomas Chandler Thacher] at [[Flickr]]

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