Arnold Plumer (June 6, 1801 – April 28, 1869) was a member of the

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from

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Life and career

Arnold Plumer was born near

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. He was privately tutored at home and completed preparatory studies. He served as

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, in 1823 and

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of the county in 1829 and clerk of the courts and recorder from 1830 to 1836.

Political career

Plumer was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was appointed marshal of the

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by President

Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party (Uni ...

on May 20, 1839, and served until May 6, 1841. He was elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He was again appointed United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 14, 1847, and served until April 3, 1848, when he resigned. He was State Treasurer of Pennsylvania in 1848. He was a delegate to the

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. He engaged in mining and banking enterprises and died in

Franklin, Pennsylvania Franklin is a city and the county seat of Venango County, Pennsylvania. The population was 6,097 in the 2020 census. Franklin is part of the Oil City, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. Franklin is known for its three-day autumn festival in O ...

. He was interred in Franklin Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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