George Plumer

U.S. Congressperson

1762 – 1843

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Who was George Plumer?

George Plumer was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

George Plumer was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1812 to 1815 and again in 1817.

Plumer was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died near West Newton, Pennsylvania, in 1843. Interment in Old Sewickley Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

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Born
Dec 5, 1762
Pennsylvania
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Jun 8, 1843

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on July 23, 2013

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