Background
Plumer, William was born on February 9, 1789 in Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
Plumer, William was born on February 9, 1789 in Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
Born in Epping, Plumer attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1809, and started his career as a lawyer in private practice and as an author
He was United States commissioner of loans in 1816 and 1817. Plumer was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1825). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Seventeenth Congress).
He served as delegate to the New Hampshire state constitutional convention in 1850.
Plumer died in Epping, New Hampshire, September 18, 1854. He was interred in the family burial ground on his father"s estate near Epping.
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