William C. Plunkett

William C. Plunkett

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name= William Caudwell Plunkett


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order= 20th
office= Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
term_start= 1854
term_end= 1855
governor= Emory Washburn
predecessor= Elisha Huntington
successor= Simon Brown
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death_date=
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party= Whig
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William Caudwell Plunkett was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855. In 1853 he was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention. He lived in Adams for over 50 years and held many of the local offices.

He was born on 23 October 1799 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He died on 19 January 1884 in Adams, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. His father was Patrick Plunkett; his mother was Mary Robinson. He first married Achsah Brown; after her death he married her niece Louisa Brown.

References

Author: Bevra Jane Pease MuirheadTitle: Judge Timothy Brown (1774-1852) Late of Elbridge, Onondage Co., NY. His Ancestry and Some of His Descendants.Publication: Eden, New York, 1990 / Hamburg, New York, Artcraft Printing, Inc., 1990Abbrev: Muirhead, Bevra Jane, Judge Timothy BrownDate: 2 JUN 2001


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