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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandGeorge PLATER
(1735-1792)
PLATER, George, (father of
Thomas Plater), a Delegate from Maryland; born in Sotterly, near
Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., November 8, 1735; was graduated
from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1753;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Annapolis, Md.; member of the Maryland Assembly in 1758; naval
officer at Patuxent 1767-1771; judge of the provincial court
1771-1773; member of the council in 1773 and 1774; represented St.
Marys County in the Annapolis conventions of 1776; Member of the
Continental Congress 1778-1780; president of the state ratification
convention in 1788; elected governor of Maryland in 1791; died
before the expiration of his term, in Annapolis, Md., February 10,
1792; interment in the garden of “Sotterly,” his home,
near Leonardtown, Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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