Livermore, Samuel, 1732-1803

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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.

Born in Waltham in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Livermore attended Waltham Schools before graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1752. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Waltham. He moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1758 and later to Londonderry. He was a member of the New Hampshire General Court (the state's general assembly) from 1768 to 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.

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.

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.

Livermore died in Holderness and is interred in Trinity Churchyard there.

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Holderness NH US
Princeton NJ US
Londonderry NH US
Portsmouth NH US
Waltham MA US
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Representatives, U.S. Congress
Senators, U.S. Congress
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Birth 1732-05-14

Death 1803-05-18

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