Thomas Clarke Theaker
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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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