| Isaac Fletcher | |
| Order1: | Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 5th district |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1837 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1841 |
| Predecessor1: | Henry Fisk Janes |
| Successor1: | John Mattocks |
| Office2: | Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia |
| Term Start2: | 1824 |
| Term End2: | 1833 |
| Preceded2: | Daniel Kellogg |
| Succeeded2: | Martin Flint |
| Office3: | Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives |
| Term Start3: | 1824 |
| Term End3: | 1825 |
| Preceded3: | George E. Wales |
| Succeeded3: | D. Azro A. Buck |
| Office4: | State's Attorney of Caledonia County, Vermont |
| Term Start4: | 1820 |
| Term End4: | 1828 |
| Preceded4: | William A. Griswold |
| Succeeded4: | Charles Davis |
| Office5: | Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Lyndon |
| Term5: | 1819-1821 |
| Preceded5: | Isiah Fisk |
| Succeeded5: | Isiah Fisk |
| Term6: | 1822-1823 |
| Preceded6: | Isiah Fisk |
| Succeeded6: | Isiah Fisk |
| Term7: | 1824-1825 |
| Preceded7: | Isiah Fisk |
| Succeeded7: | William Cahoon |
| Birth Date: | November 22, 1784 |
| Birth Place: | Dunstable, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Lyndon, Vermont, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Abigail Stone Fletcher |
| Children: | Charles B. Fletcher |
| Alma Mater: | Dartmouth College University of Vermont |
| Party: | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Isaac Fletcher (November 22, 1784 – October 19, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont and as Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia.
Fletcher was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts[1] to Joseph Fletcher and Molly Cummings Fletcher.[2] He pursued classical studies, and graduated with honors from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1808.[3] He taught at the academy at Chesterfield, New Hampshire, while in college, and after graduating he studied law with the firm of Prescott & Dunbar in Keene, New Hampshire. He was admitted to the bar in Keene and in Newfane, Vermont, in December 1811, and moved to Lyndon, Vermont, to start a practice. Among the prospective attorneys who studied under Fletcher were Thomas J. D. Fuller and Thomas Bartlett Jr.[4]
He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives for several terms between 1819 and 1825, and served as Speaker from 1824 to 1825. Fletcher was Caledonia County State's Attorney from 1820 until 1828, and a member of the state constitutional convention in 1822.[5] Fletcher received a master's degree from the University of Vermont in 1823.[6]
He was military aide to Governor Richard Skinner, and served as Adjutant General of the State Militia from 1824 until 1833.[7] [8]
He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1837, until March 3, 1841.[9] While in Congress, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Patents. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress.
Fletcher married Abigail Stone on February 4, 1812. They had one son, Charles B. Fletcher.[10]
Fletcher's health declined rapidly during his final term in Congress, which was attributed by doctors to overwork. He died in Lyndon on October 19, 1842, and is interred at the Lyndon Town Cemetery in Lyndon.[11]