Background
Taggart, Samuel was born on March 24, 1754 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States.
United States representative politician
Taggart, Samuel was born on March 24, 1754 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States.
Born in Londonderry, New Hampshire on March 24, 1754, Taggart completed preparatory studies, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1774. He studied theology and was licensed to preach.
He then journeyed as a missionary through western New York. Taggart was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving as a United States Representative for the sixth district of the state of Massachusetts (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1817). Taggart died on his farm in Colrain, Massachusetts on April 25, 1825 (age 71 years, 32 days).
He is interred at Chandler Hill Cemetery.
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