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Franklin E. Plummer (died September 24, 1847) was a
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from
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. Born in Massachusetts, Plummer moved to Mississippi and taught school in
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. After completing his law studies he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Westville. He held various local offices and served as a member of the State house of representatives, as well as founding the town of Pittsburg (now part of
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). Plummer was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835). He was an unsuccessful candidate for the
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. He died in
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, on September 24, 1847.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plummer, Franklin E. 1847 deaths Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Year of birth unknown Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives