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.

Theaker was a native of York, Pennsylvania, but moved to Bridgeport, Ohio, in 1830, where he became a wheelwright and machinist. Elected as Republican to represent the Seventeenth Congressional District of Ohio to 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.

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NAME= Theaker, Thomas Clarke
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=U. S. Congressman and commissioner of the US Patent Office
DATE OF BIRTH=February 4, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH=York, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH=July 16, 1883
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