William Plumer

William Plumer ( born June 25, 1759 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, † December 22, 1850 in Epping, New Hampshire ) was an American politician and 1812-1813 and 1816-1819 Governor of the State of New Hampshire. From 1802 to 1807 he represented his state in the U.S. Senate.

Early years and political rise

William Plumer attended the local schools of his home. In 1768 he moved with his parents to Epping in New Hampshire, where William continued his schooling. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1787. He then began to practice in this profession in Epping. In 1783 he was in the council of Epping. At that time he was a member of the Federalist Party. Between 1785 and 1800 he was several times delegate in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. In the years 1791 and 1797 he was president of the house. Between 1791 and 1792 he also served on a committee to revise the constitution of New Hampshire.

U.S. Senator and Governor

Following the resignation of James Sheafe as a U.S. Senator Plumer was elected as his successor as Class 3 Senator in Congress. There he represented between 17 June 1802 and 3 March 1807, interests of his state. In 1803, he joined, along with a few other federalist party friends for a detachment of the New England states of the United States. He feared by the investments made by President Thomas Jefferson Louisiana Purchase of the northeastern United States would be neglected, and the Democratic- Republican party of the president could oust the Federalists. Plumer and his friends found but for their independence aspirations no majority.

During his time in the U.S. Senate, he wrote a treatise entitled " William Plumer 's Memorandum of Proceedings of the United States Senate, 1803-1807 ," which was revised in 1923 and is considered an important source for historians. After the end of its term was Plumer Member of the Senate of New Hampshire., where he was 1810-1811 and President of the Chamber. Meanwhile he had gone over to the Democratic- Republican Party and was elected as its candidate in 1812 as the new governor of his state. This office he held first between the June 5, 1812 and June 3, 1813 from. During the years 1813, 1814 and 1815 he applied unsuccessfully to each re-election. in 1816, however, he then managed to return to this office, where he once again after several re- elections remained between 6 June 1816 and 2 June 1819. During his first term of office of the start of the British -American War, which also includes New Hampshire had to make its contribution fell. During his reign the penal laws and the legal system of the state were reformed and started the construction of a new prison. A reform at Dartmouth College later led to a legal dispute, the decision was made by the Chief Justice John Marshall in 1819.

Further CV

In 1820 he was in the presidential elections the only elector who voted not for President James Monroe, but for John Quincy Adams, although he had not officially a candidate. After that Plumer retired from politics. In the following years he was among the founders of the Historical Society of New Hampshire, whose first president was. William Plumer died in 1850 at the age of 91 years. He was married to Sally Fowler, with whom he had six children. His son William Plumer Jr. (1789-1854) was 1819-1824 deputy in the U.S. House of Representatives.