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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaGeorge CLYMER
(1739-1813)
CLYMER, George, a Delegate
and a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
March 16, 1739; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia;
captain of a volunteer company at the outbreak of hostilities with
Great Britain and a member of the committee of safety; Member of
the Continental Congress 1776-1777 and 1780-1782; a signer of the
Declaration of Independence; member of the State house of
representatives 1785-1788; delegate to the convention which framed
the Federal Constitution in 1787; elected as a Pro-Administration
candidate to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791);
chairman, Committee on Elections (First Congress); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1790; appointed collector of excise
duties in 1791, but resigned after the Whisky Insurrection; one of
the commissioners to negotiate a treaty with the Cherokees and the
Creeks June 29, 1796; died at his home, “Sommerseat,”
Morrisville, Pa., January 23, 1813; interment in Friends Meeting
House Burial Ground, Trenton, N.J.
Bibliography
Grundfest, Jerry. “George Clymer, Philadelphia Revolutionary,
1739-1813.” Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 1973.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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