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William Plumer
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| In office June 17, 1802 – March 3, 1807 |
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| Preceded by | James Sheafe |
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| Succeeded by | Nahum Parker |
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11th & 13th Governor of New Hampshire
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| In office June 5, 1812 – June 3, 1813 June 6, 1816 – June 3, 1819 |
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| Preceded by | John T. Gilman |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Bell |
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| Born | June 25, 1759 Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 22, 1850 Epping, New Hampshire |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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William Plumer (June 25, 1759 – December 22, 1850) was an American lawyer and lay preacher from Epping, New Hampshire. Born in 1759 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, he represented New Hampshire as a Federalist in the United States Senate from June 17, 1802 to March 3, 1807. Plumer would serve as Governor of New Hampshire, 1812–1813 and 1816–1819. In the 1820 presidential election, he cast the only dissenting vote in the Electoral College against incumbent President James Monroe, voting instead for John Quincy Adams.
In 1803 Plumer was one of several New England Federalists who proposed secession from the United States due to lack of support for Federalists, rising influence of Jeffersonian Democrats and the diminished influence of the North due to the Louisiana Purchase.
Plumer was a founder and the first president of the New Hampshire Historical Society. He died in 1850, aged 91, at Epping, New Hampshire.
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| United States Senate | ||
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United States Senator (Class 3) from New Hampshire 1802–1807 Served alongside: Simeon Olcott, Nicholas Gilman |
Succeeded by Nahum Parker |
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| Preceded by John Langdon |
Governor of New Hampshire 1812–1813 |
Succeeded by John Taylor Gilman |
| Preceded by John Taylor Gilman |
Governor of New Hampshire 1816–1819 |
Succeeded by Samuel Bell |
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| Preceded by Asher Robbins |
Oldest living U.S. Senator February 25, 1845-December 22, 1850 |
Succeeded by David Daggett |
| Preceded by Albert Gallatin |
Most Senior Living U.S. Senator (Sitting or Former) August 12, 1849 - December 22, 1850 |
Succeeded by Henry Clay |
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