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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 280026, member: 2486&quot;]Some interesting facts on Dexter;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Educated at Harvard and trained as a lawyer, Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) resigned his seat as Massachusetts Senator in June 1800 to accept the position of Secretary of War in the cabinet of President John Adams.&nbsp; Upon Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott&#039;s resignation in December 1800, Adams appointed Dexter an interim Secretary to serve until the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as President. Dexter served less than a year in Adams&#039;s cabinet and has no great acts associated with his name. It has been said that &quot;his temperament and intellectual endowment ill suited him for that minute diligence and attention to intricate details which the departments of War and Finance imposed on the incumbents of office.&#039;&#039; </p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly before the termination of Adams&#039;s administration, the President offered Dexter a foreign embassy, but Dexter declined, remaining at the Treasury Department until Jefferson became President.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoyed...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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