Clement Plumsted ( 2 May 1680 – 26 May 1745) was native of

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and among the

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proprietors associated with

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. A wealthy

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merchant, he served as

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in 1723, 1736, and 1741, as well as a Philadelphia councilman, alderman, and justice, and member of the

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. He was also the father of William Plumsted, who also served as mayor of Philadelphia. In October 1742, Plumsted was mayor during a riot later referred to as the " bloody election" where prominent members of the Proprietary Party hired sailors to "knock the

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off the steps" of the courthouse where elections were being held. The riot was said to be instigated by William Allen, and Plumsted was said to have not done anything to stop the violence which he excused due to age and illness.

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