Samuel Livermore (May 14, 1732May 18, 1803) was a
U.S.
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politician
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. He was a
U.S. Senator
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from
New Hampshire
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from 1793 to 1801 and served as
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
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in 1796 and again in 1799.
Life and career
Livermore was born in
Waltham in the
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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, the son of Hannah (Brown) and Samuel Livermore,
and attended Waltham schools. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University
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) in 1752, then studied law, was admitted to the
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in 1756, and commenced practice in Waltham. He moved to
Portsmouth
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, in 1758 and later to
Londonderry. He was a member of the
New Hampshire General Court
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(the state's general assembly) 1768–1769. He was judge-advocate in the Admiralty court and
Attorney General
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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
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from 1780 to 1782 and again from 1785 to 1786. He was chief justice of the
New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature
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from 1782 to 1789, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1788. He was elected to the
United States House of Representatives
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for the
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and
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Congresses, serving from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1793. He was chairman of the
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in the Second Congress.
Livermore was president of the State constitutional convention in 1791 and in 1792 was elected as a
Federalist
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to the
United States Senate
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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.
Livermore died in Holderness, New Hampshire, and is interred in Trinity Churchyard there. He is featured on a
New Hampshire historical marker
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(
number 39) along
New Hampshire Route 175 in Holderness.
Livermore was the father of
Arthur Livermore
Arthur Livermore (July 29, 1766 – July 1, 1853) was an American politician and attorney who served as a United States representative from New Hampshire.
Early life and education
Born in Londonderry in the Province of New Hampshire, Livermore ...
, a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, and
Edward St. Loe Livermore, a U.S. Representative from
.
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1732 births
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