Samuel Holten

Samuel Holten
Oil-on-ivory miniature, circa 1790. Danvers Archival Center, Peabody Institute Library
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Serving with Fisher Ames, Samuel Dexter, and Benjamin Goodhue (General Ticket)
Preceded by	Fisher Ames
Succeeded by	Theodore Sedgwick
Personal details
Born	(1738-06-09)June 9, 1738 Salem Village, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	January 2, 1816(1816-01-02) (aged 77) Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Holton Cemetery, Danvers
Political party	Anti-Administration
Spouse	Mary Warner
Children	Lydia, Mary, Sarah

Samuel Holten (June 9, 1738 – January 2, 1816) was an American Founding Father, physician, jurist, and politician from Danvers, Massachusetts. Holten represented the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. After numerous roles at the state and national levels in the 1780s, Holten was elected to a term in U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1793 to 1794. He then was appointed judge in the local courts, a position he held for nearly two decades.