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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New HampshireArthur LIVERMORE
(1766-1853)
LIVERMORE, Arthur, (son of
Samuel Livermore and brother of Edward St. Loe Livermore), a
Representative from New Hampshire; born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 29, 1766; received classical instruction from
his parents; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Concord in 1792; moved to Chester, N.H., the following
year; member of the State house of representatives in 1794 and
1795; solicitor for Rockingham County 1796-1798; moved to
Holderness, N.H., in 1798; associate justice of the superior court
1798-1809 and chief justice 1809-1813; presidential elector on the
Federalist ticket in 1800; associate justice of the state supreme
court 1813-1816; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); chairman,
Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office
Department (Sixteenth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1822 to the Seventeenth Congress; served in the state
senate in 1821 and 1822; judge of probate for Grafton County in
1822 and 1823; elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the
Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1824; chief justice of the court of
common pleas 1825-1832; moved to Campton in 1827; trustee of Holmes
Plymouth Academy 1808-1826; died in Campton, N.H., July 1, 1853;
interment in Trinity Churchyard, Holderness, N.H.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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