- Samuel Livermore
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name =Samuel Livermore
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order =6th & 13th
office =President pro tempore of the United States Senate
term_start =May 6 ,1796
term_end =December 4 ,1796 December 2 ,1799 –December 29 ,1799
president =George Washington John Adams
predecessor =Henry Tazewell
James Ross
successor =William Bingham Uriah Tracy
order2 =United States Senator
fromNew Hampshire
term_start2 =March 4 ,1793
term_end2 =June 12 ,1801
predecessor2 =Paine Wingate
successor2 =Simeon Olcott
birth_date =May 14 ,1732
birth_place =Waltham, Massachusetts
death_date =May 18 ,1803
death_place =Holderness, New Hampshire
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party =Pro-Administration
Federalist
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alma_mater =College of New Jersey
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profession =Law
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footnotes =::"This article is about the New Hampshire lawyer and politician; for the New Orleans lawyer and legal scholar, see
Samuel Livermore (legal writer) ."Samuel Livermore (May 14 ,1732 –May 18 ,1803 ) was a U.S.politician . He was aU.S. Senator fromNew Hampshire from 1793 to 1801 and served as President pro tempore of theUnited States Senate in 1796 and again in 1799.Livermore was born in
Waltham, Massachusetts , and attended Waltham schools. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (nowPrinceton University ) in 1752, He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1756, and commenced practice in Waltham. He moved toPortsmouth, New Hampshire , in 1758 and later to Londonderry. He was a member of theNew Hampshire General Court (the state's general assembly) 1768-1769. He was judge-advocate in the Admiralty court and Attorney General 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 from 1780 to 1782 and again from 1785 to 1786. He was Chief Justice of theNew Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature from 1782 to 1789, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1788. He was elected to theUnited States House of Representatives for the First and Second Congresses, serving fromMarch 4 ,1789 toMarch 3 ,1793 . He was chairman of theHouse Committee on Elections in the Second Congress.Livermore was president of the State constitutional convention in 1791 and in 1792 was elected as a Federalist to the
United States Senate and was reelected in 1798 and served fromMarch 4 ,1793 , until his resignation effectiveJune 12 ,1801 , due to ill health. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Fourth and Sixth Congresses.Livermore died in Holderness, New Hampshire and is interred in Trinity Churchyard there.
Livermore was the father of
Arthur Livermore , a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, andEdward St. Loe Livermore , a U.S. Representative fromMassachusetts .External links
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