William Plumer Junior

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William Plumer Jr. (born February 9, 1789 in Epping , Rockingham County , New Hampshire , † September 18, 1854 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1819 and 1825 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Plumer was the son of William Plumer (1759-1850), who sat for New Hampshire in the US Senate between 1802 and 1807 and was twice governor of this state between 1812 and 1819 . The younger Plumer attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then studied at Harvard University until 1809 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to practice his new profession in his home town of Epping. In 1816 and 1817 he was the federal loan commissioner for the state of New Hampshire.

Politically, Plumer was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In 1818 he was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. In the congressional elections of 1818, which were held nationwide, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the sixth mandate from New Hampshire , where he succeeded John Fabyan Parrott on March 4, 1829 . After two re-elections in 1820 and 1822, he was able to complete three consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1825 . Between 1821 and 1823 he was chairman of the judicial committee. After the dissolution of his party in the 1820s, Plumer joined the faction of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay , which was in opposition to Andrew Jackson .

After his tenure in the House of Representatives, Plumer served in the New Hampshire Senate from 1827 to 1828 . In 1850 he was a member of an assembly to revise the constitution of his home state. For many years Plumer was the curator of the New Hampshire Mental Hospital and the New Hampshire Historical Society . In retirement he wrote some poems and a biography of his father. William Plumer died in Epping on September 18, 1854.

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SURNAME Plumer, William Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plumer, William Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Epping , Rockingham County , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1854
Place of death Epping , Rockingham County , New Hampshire