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Franklin E. Plummer (died September 24, 1847) was a
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from
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
. Born in Massachusetts, Plummer moved to Mississippi and taught school in
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. After completing his law studies he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Westville, Mississippi. He held various local offices and served as a member of the State house of representatives, as well as founding the town of Pittsburg (now part of Grenada). Plummer was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835). He was an unsuccessful candidate for the
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. He died in
Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, ...
, on September 24, 1847.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plummer, Franklin E. 1847 deaths Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Year of birth unknown Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 19th-century American politicians