Livermore, Samuel, 1732-1803

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>12/01/1799 President Pro Tempore Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>11/03/1798 NH US Senate Won 66.67% (+33.33%)</li>
<li>05/06/1796 President Pro Tempore Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>02/20/1795 President Pro Tempore Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)</li>
<li>11/03/1792 NH US Senate Won 58.43% (+26.97%)</li>
<li>08/30/1790 NH At-Large Won 25.11% (+9.57%)</li>
<li>02/02/1789 NH At-Large Won 26.13% (+0.00%)</li>
<li>12/15/1788 NH At-Large - Initial Election Won 15.09% (-0.07%)</li>
<li>03/13/1787 NH Governor Lost 6.57% (-33.09%)</li>
<li>12/31/1785 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1784 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</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>
<li>12/31/1780 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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LIVERMORE, Samuel, (father of Arthur Livermore, father of Edward St. Loe Livermore), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass., May 14, 1732; attended Waltham schools, and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1752; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1756 and commenced practice in Waltham, Mass.; moved to Portsmouth, N.H., in 1758 and later to Londonderry; member, State general assembly 1768-1769; judge-advocate in the Admiralty court and attorney general 1769-1774; moved to Holderness in 1775; State attorney for three years; Member of the Continental Congress 1780-1782 and 1785-1786; chief justice of the State supreme court 1782-1789; member of the State constitutional convention in 1788; elected to the First and Second Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1793); chairman, Committee on Elections (Second Congress); president of the State constitutional convention in 1791; elected as a Pro-Administration (later Federalist) to the United States Senate in 1792; reelected in 1798 and served from March 4, 1793, until his resignation effective June 12, 1801, due to ill health; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Fourth and Sixth Congresses; died in Holderness, Grafton County, N.H., May 18, 1803; interment in Trinity Churchyard.

<p>Samuel Livermore (May 14, 1732 – May 18, 1803) was a U.S. politician. He was a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1793 to 1801 and served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1796 and again in 1799.</p>

<p>Livermore was born in Waltham in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Hannah (Brown) and Samuel Livermore, and attended Waltham schools. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1752, then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1756, and commenced practice in Waltham. He moved to Portsmouth, in 1758 and later to Londonderry. He was a member of the New Hampshire General Court (the state's general assembly) 1768–1769. He was judge-advocate in the Admiralty court and Attorney General from 1769 to 1774. He moved to Holderness in 1775 and was State attorney for three years.</p>

<p>Livermore was a Member of the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782 and again from 1785 to 1786. He was Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature from 1782 to 1789, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1788. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for the First and Second Congresses, serving from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1793. He was chairman of the House Committee on Elections in the Second Congress.</p>

<p>Livermore was president of the State constitutional convention in 1791 and in 1792 was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate and was reelected in 1798 and served from March 4, 1793, until his resignation effective June 12, 1801, due to ill health. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Fourth and Sixth Congresses. The defunct town of Livermore, New Hampshire was named after him.</p>

<p>Livermore died in Holderness, New Hampshire, and is interred in Trinity Churchyard there.</p>