Samuel Taggart (March 24, 1754 – April 25, 1825) was aPresbyterian Minister, anAmerican politician and aU. S. Representative fromMassachusetts.

The son of Matthew Taggart, he was born inLondonderry in theProvince of New Hampshire on March 24, 1754. Taggart completed preparatory studies, and graduated fromDartmouth College in 1774. He studied theology and was licensed to preach.

Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry^[1] on February 19, 1777, Taggart was installed as pastor of a church inColrain, Massachusetts. He then journeyed as a missionary through westernNew York.

Taggart was elected as aFederalist to theEighth 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). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1816, but continued his service as pastor of the Colrain Presbyterian Church until October 28, 1818, when he resigned.^[2]

Taggart died on his farm in Colrain, Massachusetts, on April 25, 1825 (age 71 years, 32 days). He isinterred at Chandler Hill Cemetery.

Born son of James and Jean Anderson Taggart, he married Elizabeth Duncan in 1777 and they had twelve children: Robert, Samuel D., Daniel, Jean, Elizabeth Betsy, James, George, Mary Polly, Rufus, Esther, Lucy, and Moses. Elizabeth died on March 4, 1815, and he married Mary Ayer on March 25, 1816. They had three children: Catherine, Mary Ann, and William Ayer.^[3]

• Taggart, Samuel.“Letters of Samuel Taggart: Representative in Congress from 1803 to 1814: Part I, 1803-1807” Edited by George H. Haynes.Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society33 (April 1923): 113–226.
• Taggart, Samuel.“Letters of Samuel Taggart: Representative in Congress from 1803 to 1814: Part II, 1808-1814" Edited by George H. Haynes.Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society33 (October 1923): 297–438.

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