Thomas Claxton (doorkeeper)

While being Doorkeeper, Claxton was also the "Agent for furnishing the President's House" for both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.[2][5] According to historian Marie Kimball, Thomas Claxton was "Jefferson's man-Friday in [the] task of furnishing" the executive mansion.[8] As his second term drew to a close, Jefferson praised Claxton for is work in securing pleasure and wrote "I say with pleasure that the integrity, diligence & economy with which you have employed the funds destined to that object, have given me perfect satisfaction."[9][2] Thomas Claxton lived in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Hartford, and the District of Columbia throughout his life.[1][3] He had a son also named Thomas Claxton who served in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
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