John A. Thayer

John Alden Thayer
John Alden Thayer circa 1912[1]
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	Charles G. Washburn
Succeeded by	William Wilder
Personal details
Born	December 22, 1857 (1857-12-22) Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	July 31, 1917 (1917-08-01) (aged 59)[2] Boston, Massachusetts[2]
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Harvard College, 1879; Columbia Law School 1889[3]
Profession	Attorney[3]

John Alden Thayer (December 22, 1857 – July 31, 1917) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Eli Thayer. He graduated from Harvard College in 1879. He studied law at Columbia Law School in New York City. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and was a clerk of the central district court of Worcester from 1892 to 1897.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1913. He failed reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912. In 1915, he was appointed postmaster of Worcester, and served until his death.

In mid July 1917 Thayer was admitted into the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston where he died on July 31, 1917.^[2]

• The Boston Globe, John Alden Thayer of Worcester Dead; Postmaster Passes Away in Boston Hospital Third District Elected Him to Congress in 1910 August 1, 1917), p. 14.
• Who's who in State Politics, 1912 Practical Politics (1912) p. 27.
• United States Congress. "John A. Thayer (id: T000147)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.