SAMUEL LATHROP

Lathrop, Samuel (1772-1846), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in West Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., on May 1, 1772; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1792; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in West Springfield; clerk and treasurer 1796-1798; town moderator for eight years; elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, reelected as a Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1827); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses); resumed the practice of law and devoted considerable time to agricultural pursuits; member of the state senate in 1829 and 1830 and served as its president; died in West Springfield, Mass., July 11, 1846; interment in the Park Street Cemetery.
Parents: Joseph Lathrop, Elizabeth Dwight
Spouse: Mary McCrackan 1778–1853
Marriage: 4 Nov 1797 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Nancy Holmes Lathrop F 14 Sep 1800
Samuel Lathrop M 27 Aug 1802
Mary Lathrop F 18 Aug 1804
William McCrackan Lathrop M 18 Nov 1806
John Lathrop M 6 Mar 1809
Sarah Miles Lathrop F 20 Feb 1811
Elizabeth Dwight Lathrop F 3 Mar 1813
Joseph Lathrop M 22 May 1815
Henrietta Burritt Lathrop F 22 Mar 1817
Martha Perkins Lathrop F 17 Mar 1819
Isaac Lathrop M 1 Mar 1821

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell