Plater, George, 1735-1792

PLATER, George, (Father of Thomas Plater), a Delegate from Maryland; born in Sotterly, near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., November 8, 1735; was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1753; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Annapolis, Md.; member of the Maryland Assembly in 1758; naval officer at Patuxent 1767-1771; judge of the provincial court 1771-1773; member of the council in 1773 and 1774; represented St. Marys County in the Annapolis conventions of 1776; Member of the Continental Congress 1778-1780; president of the state ratification convention in 1788; elected governor of Maryland in 1791; died before the expiration of his term, in Annapolis, Md., February 10, 1792; interment in the garden of ``Sotterly,'' his home, near Leonardtown, Md.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>11/14/1791 MD Governor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1778 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1777 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>02/13/1777 MD Governor Lost 1.92% (-75.00%)</li>
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<p>George Plater III (November 8, 1735 – February 10, 1792) was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1780, and briefly served as the sixth Governor of Maryland in 1791 and 1792.</p>

<p>George Plater III was born at Sotterley, the family plantation near Leonards Town, Province of Maryland.</p>

<p>His father, George II, had married Rebecca Addison Bowles, the widow of the plantation's founder, in 1729. His grandfather, George Plater I, was the acting Attorney General, 1691–1692; Receiver for Patuxent 1691-1707; Collector of Patuxent, 1691–1696; Receiver for Pocomoke, 1696–1697; Receiver General for Maryland, 1693–1696; and naval officer at Patuxent, 1693–1707.</p>