George Plumer

George Plumer (* December 5, 1762 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, † June 8, 1843 in West Newton, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1821 and 1827 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Plumer received only a limited education. Over his career before his time as a politician nothing is handed down. He became a member of the once founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the years 1812 to 1815 and again in 1817 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1820 Plumer in the eleventh electoral district of Pennsylvania was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David Marchand on March 4, 1821. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1827 three legislative periods. Since 1823, he represented the 17th district where his state. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson.

In 1826, George Plumer gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked in agriculture. He died on June 8, 1843 near West Newton.