12 Facts About Samuel Livermore

Samuel Livermore was an American politician, who served as the US Senator from New Hampshire from 1793 to 1801 and served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1796 and again in 1799.

Livermore was born in Waltham in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Hannah and Samuel Livermore, and attended Waltham schools.

Samuel Livermore graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1752, then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1756, and commenced practice in Waltham.

Samuel Livermore moved to Portsmouth, in 1758 and later to Londonderry.

Samuel Livermore was judge-advocate in the Admiralty court and Attorney General from 1769 to 1774.

Samuel Livermore moved to Holderness in 1775 and was State attorney for three years.

Samuel Livermore was chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature from 1782 to 1789, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1788.

Samuel Livermore was one of seven representatives to vote against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.

Samuel Livermore was president of the State constitutional convention in 1791 and in 1792 was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate and was reelected in 1798 and served from March 4,1793, until his resignation effective June 12,1801, due to ill health.

Samuel Livermore served as president pro tempore of the Senate during the Fourth and Sixth Congresses.

Samuel Livermore died in Holderness, New Hampshire, and is interred in Trinity Churchyard there.

Samuel Livermore is featured on a New Hampshire historical marker along New Hampshire Route 175 in Holderness.