Samuel Dexter

Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761 – May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet.

Samuel Dexter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
Preceded by	Fisher Ames
Succeeded by	Theodore Sedgwick
United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1799 – May 30, 1800
Preceded by	Theodore Sedgwick
Succeeded by	Dwight Foster
4th United States Secretary of War
In office May 13, 1800 – January 31, 1801
President	John Adams
Preceded by	James McHenry
Succeeded by	Henry Dearborn
3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office January 1, 1801 – May 13, 1801
President	John Adams Thomas Jefferson
Preceded by	Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Succeeded by	Albert Gallatin
Personal details
Born	May 14, 1761 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	May 4, 1816 (aged 54) Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Federalist
Alma mater	Harvard University
Profession	Law

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Rev. Samuel Dexter, the 4th minister of Dedham, he graduated from Harvard University in 1781 and then studied law at Worcester under Levi Lincoln, Sr., the future Attorney General of the United States. After he passed the bar in 1784, he began practicing in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.