Dexter, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, statesman, author, was born May 14, 1761, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the house of representatives in congress from Massachusetts from 1793 to 1795, and was elected to the United States senate, serving from 1799 to 1800. During the administration of John Adams he was appointed secretary of war in 1800, and secretary of the treasury in 1801; and for a short time had charge of the department of state. He was the author of Letters on Free Masonry; Progress of Science, a poem; and Speeches and Political Papers. He died May 3, 1816, in Athens, N. Y.