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  Fletcher, Isaac
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NameIsaac Fletcher
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Lyndon, Vermont , United States
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Born November 21, 1784
DiedOctober 19, 1842 (57 years)
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InfoFLETCHER, Isaac, a Representative from Vermont; born in Dunstable, Middlesex County, Mass., November 22, 1784; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1808; taught in the academy at Chesterfield, N.H.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in December 1811 and commenced practice at Lyndon, Vt., in 1812; member of the State house of representatives 1819-1824, and served one term as speaker; prosecuting attorney of Caledonia County, Vt., 1820-1829; member of the State constitutional convention in 1822; was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1825; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); chairman, Committee on Patents (Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; adjutant general on the staff of Governor Van Ness; died in Lyndon, Vt., October 19, 1842; interment in Lyndon Town Cemetery.

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  09/01/1840 VT - District 05 - Final Election Lost 48.92% (-2.15%)
  09/01/1838 VT - District 05 Won 52.25% (+5.03%)
  09/06/1836 VT - District 05 Won 53.11% (+6.22%)
  11/10/1834 VT - District 05 - Special Election - Second Trial Lost 48.36% (-3.28%)
  11/10/1834 VT - District 05 - Second Trial Lost 48.29% (-3.42%)
  09/02/1834 VT - District 05 - Special Election - First Trial Won 48.58% (+8.95%)
  09/02/1834 VT - District 05 - First Trial Won 46.68% (+9.89%)
  03/05/1833 VT - District 05 - Second Trial Lost 5.52% (-50.07%)
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