Arnold Plumer (June 6, 1801 – April 28, 1869) was a member of the

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from

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, serving two nonconsecutive terms in the mid-19th century.

Early life

Arnold Plumer was born near Cooperstown, Pennsylvania. He was privately tutored at home and completed preparatory studies. He served as

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, in 1823 and

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of the county in 1829 and clerk of the courts and recorder from 1830 to 1836.

Political career

Plumer was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was appointed marshal of the

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by President

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on May 20, 1839, and served until May 6, 1841.

Congress

He was elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He was again appointed United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 14, 1847, and served until April 3, 1848, when he resigned.

Later career and death

He was State Treasurer of Pennsylvania in 1848. He was a delegate to the

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. He engaged in mining and banking enterprises and died in

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on April 28, 1869. He was interred in Franklin Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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