Thomas Clarke Theaker

Thomas Clarke Theaker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th district
In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by	William Lawrence
Succeeded by	James R. Morris
Commissioner of United States Patent Office
In office August 17, 1865 – January 20, 1868
Appointed by	Andrew Johnson
Preceded by	David P. Holloway
Succeeded by	Elisha Foote
Personal details
Born	February 4, 1812 York, Pennsylvania
Died	July 16, 1883 (aged 71) Oakland, Maryland
Resting place	Weeks Cemetery, Bridgeport, Ohio
Political party	Republican

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 a 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.

Sources

• Thomas Clarke Theaker at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Thomas Clarke Theaker at Find a Grave