What is Samuel Dexter?
{{Infobox Congressman | name =Samuel Dexter | image =Samuel Dexter.jpg | imagesize =200px | state =[[Massachusetts]] | district =[[Massachusetts's 1st congressional district|1st]] | term_start =March 4, 1793 | term_end =March 3, 1795 | preceded =[[Fisher Ames]] | succeeded =[[Theodore Sedgwick]] | order2 =[[United States Senate|United States Senator]]<br />from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start2 =March 4, 1799 | term_end2 =May 30, 1800 | predecessor2 =[[Theodore Sedgwick]] | successor2 =[[Dwight Foster (1757-1823)|Dwight Foster]] | order3 =4th [[United States Secretary of War]] | term_start3 =May 13, 1800 | term_end3 =January 31, 1801 | president3 =[[John Adams]] | predecessor3 =[[James McHenry]] | successor3 =[[Henry Dearborn]] | order4 =3rd [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] | term_start4 =January 1, 1801 | term_end4 =May 13, 1801 | president4 =[[John Adams]]<br />[[Thomas Jefferson]] | predecessor4 =[[Oliver Wolcott, Jr.]] | successor4 =[[Albert Gallatin]] | birth_date =May 14, 1761 | birth_place =[[Boston, Massachusetts]] | death_date =May 4, 1816 (aged 54) | death_place =[[Boston, Massachusetts]] | nationality = | party =[[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] | otherparty = | spouse = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater =[[Harvard University]] | occupation = | profession =[[Law]] | net worth = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Samuel Dexter''' (May 14, 1761 – May 4, 1816) was an early [[United States|American]] statesman who served both in Congress and in the [[Presidential Cabinet]]. Born in [[Boston, Ma