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CLAXTON, Thomas

Unknown–1821

Office

Doorkeeper

State/Territory

Connecticut

Party

none

Congress(es)

4th (1795–1797), 5th (1797–1799), 6th (1799–1801), 7th (1801–1803), 8th (1803–1805), 9th (1805–1807), 10th (1807–1809), 11th (1809–1811), 12th (1811–1813), 13th (1813–1815), 14th (1815–1817), 15th (1817–1819), 16th (1819–1821)

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Biography

CLAXTON, Thomas, a Doorkeeper from Connecticut; birth date unknown; assistant Doorkeeper, United States House of Representatives, 1789–1795; elected Doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives to the Fourth Congress and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (December 7, 1795–December 4, 1821); died on December 8, 1821, in Hartford, Conn.

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Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
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