Gilman, John Taylor, 1753-1828

GILMAN, John Taylor, (Brother of Nicholas Gilman and granduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman), a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 19, 1753; received a limited education; engaged in shipbuilding and also in agricultural pursuits; one of the Minutemen of 1775; selectman in 1777 and 1778; member of the State house of representatives in 1779 and 1781; delegate to the convention of the States in Hartford, Conn., in October 1780; Member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783; State treasurer in 1791; moderator 1791-1794, 1806, 1807, 1809-1811, 1817, 1818, and 1820-1825; Governor of New Hampshire 1794-1805; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1805; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1810 and 1811; again an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1812; elected Governor and served from 1813 to 1816; declined to be a candidate for renomination for Governor in 1816; ex officio trustee of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1794-1805 and 1813-1816, and trustee by election 1817-1819; president of the board of trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., 1795-1827, and donor of the property upon which the older buildings stand; died in Exeter, N.H., August 31, 1828; interment in Exeter Cemetery.

<b>John Taylor Gilman Sr.</b><br>
<b>BIRTH</b> 19 Dec 1753<br>
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA<br>
<b>DEATH</b> 1 Sep 1828 (aged 74)<br>
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA<br>
<b>BURIAL</b><br>
Winter Street Burial Ground<br>
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>03/14/1815 NH Governor Won 50.72% (+1.54%)</li>
<li>03/08/1814 NH Governor Won 51.05% (+2.29%)</li>
<li>03/09/1813 NH Governor Won 50.67% (+1.94%)</li>
<li>03/10/1812 NH Governor Won 48.81% (+0.38%)</li>
<li>03/08/1808 NH Governor Lost 7.39% (-72.89%)</li>
<li>03/10/1807 NH Governor Lost 5.83% (-77.95%)</li>
<li>03/11/1806 NH Governor Lost 7.86% (-67.02%)</li>
<li>03/12/1805 NH Governor Lost 43.21% (-13.40%)</li>
<li>03/13/1804 NH Governor Won 50.43% (+0.98%)</li>
<li>03/08/1803 NH Governor Won 57.53% (+15.26%)</li>
<li>03/09/1802 NH Governor Won 54.14% (+8.47%)</li>
<li>03/12/1801 NH Governor Won 65.50% (+33.95%)</li>
<li>03/11/1800 NH Governor Won 61.82% (+25.79%)</li>
<li>03/12/1799 NH Governor Won 86.37% (+72.74%)</li>
<li>03/13/1798 NH Governor Won 77.32% (+67.54%)</li>
<li>03/14/1797 NH Governor Won 88.93% (+77.86%)</li>
<li>03/08/1796 NH Governor Won 72.47% (+44.95%)</li>
<li>03/10/1795 NH Governor Won 98.94% (+97.88%)</li>
<li>03/11/1794 NH Governor Won 72.87% (+45.73%)</li>
<li>03/12/1793 NH Governor Lost 7.18% (-67.79%)</li>
<li>12/31/1782 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1781 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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<ul><b>SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN</b>
<li>02/02/1789 NH At-Large Lost 0.00% (-32.98%)</li>
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<p>John Taylor Gilman (December 19, 1753 – September 1, 1828) was a farmer, shipbuilder and statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782–1783 and was the fifth governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805, and from 1813 to 1816.</p>

<p>Gilman was born in Exeter, in the Province of New Hampshire, the son of Ann (Taylor) and Nicholas Gilman. His brother was Nicholas Gilman, who had signed the U.S. Constitution. His family had settled in Exeter in its earliest days. He lived in the Ladd-Gilman House, now a part of the American Independence Museum. He received a limited education before he entered into the family shipbuilding and mercantile businesses. Aged 22, he read aloud a Dunlap Broadside brought to New Hampshire on July 16, 1776 to the city of Exeter. The American Independence Museum commemorates his brave act every year at their American Independence Festival, where a role-player reads the Declaration in its entirety to festival-goers.</p>

<p>Gilman was one of the Minutemen of 1775 and a selectman in 1777 and 1778. Gilman served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1779 and 1781 and was a delegate to the Convention of the States in Hartford, Connecticut, in October 1780. He served as a member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. He was the New Hampshire Treasurer in 1791 and moderator in 1791–1794, 1806, 1807, 1809–1811, 1817, 1818, and 1820–1825.</p>