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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New HampshireSamuel LIVERMORE
(1732-1803)
Senate Years of Service:
1793-1801Party: Pro-Administration;
FederalistLIVERMORE, Samuel, (father
of Arthur Livermore and Edward St. Loe Livermore), a Delegate, a
Representative, and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Waltham,
Middlesex County, Mass., May 14, 1732; attended Waltham schools,
and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton
University) in 1752; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1756 and
commenced practice in Waltham, Mass.; moved to Portsmouth, N.H., in
1758 and later to Londonderry; member, State general assembly
1768-1769; judge-advocate in the Admiralty court and attorney
general 1769-1774; moved to Holderness in 1775; State attorney for
three years; Member of the Continental Congress 1780-1782 and
1785-1786; chief justice of the State supreme court 1782-1789;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1788; elected to
the First and Second Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1793);
chairman, Committee on Elections (Second Congress); president of
the State constitutional convention in 1791; elected as a
Pro-Administration (later Federalist) to the United States Senate
in 1792; reelected in 1798 and served from March 4, 1793, until his
resignation effective June 12, 1801, due to ill health; served as
President pro tempore of the Senate during the Fourth and Sixth
Congresses; died in Holderness, Grafton County, N.H., May 18, 1803;
interment in Trinity Churchyard.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Corning, Charles R. Samuel Livermore: Address
Before the Grafton and Coös Bar Association. Concord, NH:
Republican Press Association, 1888.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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