Samuel Livermore

Samuel Livermore (born May 14, 1732 in Waltham , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † May 18, 1803 in Holderness , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . He sat for New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and later represented the state in both houses of the Congress .

Lawyer and politician

After attending school in his hometown of Waltham, Samuel Livermore continued his education at the College of New Jersey , later Princeton University , where he graduated in 1752. He subsequently studied law , was inducted into the bar in 1756 and began practicing in Waltham. In 1758 he moved to Portsmouth , New Hampshire; later he settled in Londonderry .

Even before the founding of the United States, Livermore was politically active: From 1768 to 1769 he was a member of the General Court , the colonial parliament of New Hampshire; then he held the post of Attorney General of the colony until 1774 . From 1775 he lived in Holderness and worked there as a public prosecutor. During the War of Independence he was elected to the Continental Congress, where he initially stayed from 1780 to 1782. Another term followed there from 1785 to 1786. In the meantime he had become Chief Justice of New Hampshire; he held this post from 1782 to 1789. He also took part in the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1788; at the same meeting in 1791 he served as its president.

Member of the Congress

Livermore was eventually elected as a member of the House of Representatives to the first and second United States Congresses. During his tenure from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1793, he was among other things in front of the election committee. He then moved within Congress to the Senate , where he belonged to the Pro-Administration faction that later became the Federalist Party . From May 6 to December 4, 1796 he was the first pro tempore President of the Senate ; this office was transferred to him again from December 2nd to December 29th, 1799. On June 12, 1801, he finally resigned his mandate for health reasons.

Less than two years later, Livermore died in Holderness. His son Edward also became a federalist congressman, but for the state of Massachusetts. Whose younger brother Arthur sat for New Hampshire in the House of Representatives, but as a member of the Democratic Republican Party .

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SURNAME	Livermore, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH	Waltham , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	May 18, 1803
Place of death	Holderness , New Hampshire