George Plumer

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George Plumer (December 5, 1762 – June 8, 1843) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

George Plumer was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1812 to 1815 and again in 1817.

Plumer was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died near West Newton, Pennsylvania, in 1843. Interment in Old Sewickley Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

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• George Plumer at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by David Marchand	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1821 - 1823	Succeeded by John Findlay James Wilson
Preceded by District Created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district 1823 - 1827	Succeeded by Richard Coulter