Livermore, Arthur, 1766-1853

Dates

• Existence: 1766 - 1853

Biography

Arthur Livermore (July 29, 1766 – July 1, 1853) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New Hampshire. Born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Livermore received classical instruction from his parents and also studied law. Later, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Concord in 1792, moving to Chester the following year. Livermore was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1794 and 1795 and the solicitor for Rockingham County from 1796 to 1798. He became an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1798 1809 and chief justice from 1809 to 1813. He served as a presidential elector on the Federalist ticket in 1800 and as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1813 to 1816. Elected as a Democratic-Republican to be United States Representative for New Hampshire in the the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, Livermore served from March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1821. He served as chairman of both the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses) and the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Sixteenth Congress). In 1818 he introduced a proposal to eliminate slavery by constitutional amendment. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822. He served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1821 and 1822 and as Judge of Probate for Grafton County in 1822 and 1823. Livermore was then elected as an Adams-Clay Republican representing New Hampshire to the Eighteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824. After leaving Congress, he was the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas from 1825 to 1832. He moved to Campton, New Hampshire in 1827. In addition to his political and judicial roles, Livermore served as trustee of Holmes Plymouth Academy from 1808 to 1826.

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