Clement Storer (September 20, 1760November 21, 1830) was a

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and

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from

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. Born in

Kennebunk Kennebunk is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 11,536 at the 2020 census (The population does not include Kennebunkport, a separate town). Kennebunk is home to several beaches, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife ...

in Massachusetts Bay's Province of Maine, he completed preparatory studies, studied medicine in

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsm ...

and in Europe, engaged in the practice of medicine in Portsmouth, and was captain of militia and held successive ranks to that of major general. Storer was a member of the

New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ...

from 1810 to 1812, serving one year as

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. He was elected as a

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to the Tenth Congress (March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809). He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

Jeremiah Mason Jeremiah Mason (April 27, 1768 – October 14, 1848) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Early life Mason was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on April 27, 1768. He was a son of Jeremiah Mason (1729/30–1813) and the former Elizabet ...

and served from June 27, 1817, to March 4, 1819; while in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on the Militia (Fifteenth Congress). From 1818 to 1824, Storer was high sheriff of Rockingham County. He died in Portsmouth in 1830 and was interred in North Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Storer, Clement 1760 births 1830 deaths Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives United States senators from New Hampshire Democratic-Republican Party United States senators People from Kennebunk, Maine Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire