William Plumer, Jr.

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

Career

William Plumer was the son of William Plumer (1759-1850), who was sitting 1802-1807 for New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate and 1812-1819 was twice governor of that state. The younger Plumer attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then studied until 1809 at Harvard University. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession in his home town of Epping. In the years 1816 and 1817, he was Federal Commissioner for lending (loan Commissioner) for the state of New Hampshire.

Politically, Plumer member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In 1818 he was elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. In the congressional elections of 1818, which were held all across the state, he was for the sixth parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Fabyan Parrott on March 4, 1829. After two elections in 1820 and 1822, he was able to complete in 1825 three contiguous legislatures in Congress until March 3. Between 1821 and 1823 he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. After the dissolution of his party in the 1820s Plumer joined the group of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, who stood in opposition to Andrew Jackson.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Plumer sat from 1827 to 1828 in the Senate of New Hampshire. In 1850 he was a member of a meeting to revise the constitution of his home state. For many years, Plumer curator of the mental hospital of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Historical Society active. In retirement, he wrote several poems and a biography of his father. William Plumer died on 18 September 1854 in Epping.