The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-27


friends Of the administrstion of Washington.
and sustained the measures Of Hamilton and
the federal party. Previous to the expiration
Of his term as Senator, he was chosen by the
people as one Of their representatives. in the
other branch of Congress, where he served two
years, (793 to 1875 In 1913. he was appointed
continued in off ,e until 1909, when he had attsined
the age Of 20 years. He survived all others who
we've members Of the u S. Senate a. the time of his
taking his seat in that body upon lis first organza-
ton and he was for some years the Oldest graduate
Of Harvard College. He died at Stratham, n d
in his goth year, March Z, 1888. He was man Of
good talents and extensive information, highly es-
tetmed for his character and his honorable and use
full life. His wife, who survived him, in her 95th
year, was a sister of the Hon. Timothy Pickering.
He had lived with her in the marriage state ,oout
tire Q quarters of a century
Samuel Livermore, born at Nassau, in l752 was
a member of the Continental Congress from 1850 to
1883, also Of the Congress Of the Confederation in
1875. He was elected to the House Of Represents.
tves in the first Congress, and served two terms In
that body-l7s9 to 93-after which he was trans
ferred to the Senate. He was Judge OF the Supe-
ror Court Of the State from 1882 to 1880, and for
several years its Chief Justice. Two Of his sons,
Edward and Arthur Livermore, have been Judges
Of the court-the latter Chief Justice and also
representative in Congress six years. The family
Of Livermore settled in New Hampshire early in the
seventeenth century.
Simeon Olcott does not appear to have been par
ticulary distinguished in the political annals OF the
State We believe he acted uniformly with the
federal party. The ancestor of the Olcotts, from
whom the eminent fnanciers of Albany are proba-
bly, descended, was John Olcott, Of the Council
Of Massachusetts, in 1892.
James Sheafe was a man of wealth and marked
ability. He belonged to an old commercial family
Of Portsmouth, N. H., Of high standing Their an
cestor was Jacob Sheae who settedin Massachusetts,
about l643 and was Of the pillars fthe church
James Sheafe was not long in public life. In 1899
he was elected to the House of Representatives in
Congress, and in 1901 he was appointed Senator,
but soon resigned. In 1916 he was the unsuccessful
federal candidate for Governor.
William Plumer was long conspicuous in the
politics Of New Hampshire. He descended from
Francis Plumer, who came from Wales to Massa-
chusetts, in 1888. Hon. VIM. Plumer was a warm
friend of John Quincy Adams, and being one Of the
Presidential electors in 1929, voted for his friend
Adams, when he was not candidate; and this was
the only vote which was given against Mr. Monroe
fer re- election, in any Of the States. Mr. Plumer
was decided democrat, and induced Mr.. Adams to
believe that the New England federasts at time
contemplated dissolution of the Union; but the
leaders Of that party treated the idea as an idle
fantasy of the two democratic Dromios. The re-
publicans, having majority in the Legislature of
New Hampshire, in 1902 elected Mr.. Plumer to the
United States Senate, in place Of Mr. Sheafe re-
signed. His term Of service was nearly five years
that body, during which period some Of the most
prominent measures of Jeferson's administration
were enacted. In March, 1872 being three months
previous to the declaration Of war with England,
Mr.. Plumer was elestsd Governor of the State, but
the next year he was defeated by the federal sandi
date, John Taylor Gilman the last federal Governor
of the State. In 1916 Mr.. Plumer was again elected
Governor and continued in the Office by election,
till 1919, when he retired, and was succeeded by
Samuel Bell.
Nicholas Gilman was one Of three brothers, son
Of Hon. Nicholas Gilman, of Exeter, N H J, each Of
whom was disting uished in the political annals Q
the State The family were descended from Ed
ward Gilman, who early emigrated from Norfolk
county, England, to Massachusetts, One of tn
brothers, John Taylor Gilman, was leading
federaist, and often elected Governor Of New
Hampshire. Nicholas-after serving in the old
Congress from l7S6 to 1888, and in the Fedora
Convention which framed the United States Csnsti-
tuition, Of which he was one Of the signers-took
The republican side in politics He must have acted
for time, however, with the federal party or have
conceded with the friends of the administration of
Washington as, after being elected to the House of
Representatives in the frat Congress, in 1889, he
olan%o d IN hath DIV and oil
viz, until 1897. While his brother was Governor
of the State he President of the State Senate,
in 1904, while John Langden was Speaker of the
House, and co-operated in the passage Of reso-
lutions approving of the measures of Jefersons
administration. Mr.. Gilman was elected to
the United States Senate in 1904, re. elected
in 1910, and died in office, in 1914.
He was succeeded by Thomas w. Thompson,
federalst, who had served one term in the other
branch of Congress, viz, from 1905 to 1907; and
the term Of the vacancy he was called to fill in the
Senate in 1914 expired in 1917. This gentleman
does not appear TO- have figured much in public
life. The same may be said Of Nahum Parker, re-
publican, who served about three years in the
Senate, from 1907 to 1910. Charles Cults, who
also served about three years-lS10 to lSl3-was Of
the republican school in politics. His ancestor,
John Cutt Tor Cutts, came from Wales before 1916,
and was an eminent merchant in Portsmouth. He
was President Of the colony Of New Hampshire in
1879. The family have been noted for enterprise in
commerce and ship building, and some of them
have held various public Offices.
jeremiah Mason, in his day, stood among the
men Of New Hampshire like one of the select
chiefs Of King David among the Israelites-one Of
the few whose pre- emnence was admitted by gene.
raj consent As lawyer, at the bar of Portsmouth,
when Daniel Webster, Jeremiah Smith, Sullivan,
Bartlett, and others, contested the palm Of legal
victory, he was second to no ono. As . stssss-
man Of the old school of federalists, he was alike
eminent in council and debate. He was descended
from John Mason, the celebrated Pequot warrior,
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