Thomas Clarke Theaker

Thomas Clarke Theaker (February 4, 1812 – July 16, 1883) was a U. S. Congressman and commissioner of the United States Patent Office.

Thomas Clarke Theaker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1859  March 3, 1861
Preceded byWilliam Lawrence
Succeeded byJames R. Morris
Commissioner of United States Patent Office
In office
August 17, 1865  January 20, 1868
Appointed byAndrew Johnson
Preceded byDavid P. Holloway
Succeeded byElisha Foote
Personal details
Born(1812-02-04)February 4, 1812
York, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 16, 1883(1883-07-16) (aged 71)
Oakland, Maryland
Resting placeWeeks Cemetery, Bridgeport, Ohio
Political partyRepublican

Theaker was a native of York, Pennsylvania, but moved to Bridgeport, Ohio, in 1830, where he became a wheelwright and machinist. Elected as a Republican to represent the Seventeenth Congressional District of Ohio in the Thirty-Sixth Congress, he failed to win re-election in 1860, but was appointed to a seat on the U.S. Patent Office's Board of Appeals. On August 15, 1865, he was appointed commissioner of the Patent Office, a post he held until his resignation in January 1868.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Thomas Clarke Theaker (id: T000151)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Thomas Clarke Theaker at Find a Grave
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
William Lawrence
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th congressional district

March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861
Succeeded by
James R. Morris
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