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Clement Plumsted
Born1680 Edit this on Wikidata
Died26 May 1745 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 64–65)
Coat of Arms of Clement Plumsted

Clement Plumsted (bapt.Tooltip baptised 2 May 1680[1] – 26 May 1745)[2]: 168  was native of Norfolk and among the East Jersey proprietors associated with William Penn.[2]: 167  A wealthy Quaker merchant,[3]: 138  he served as mayor of Philadelphia in 1723, 1736, and 1741,[4] as well as a Philadelphia councilman, alderman, and justice, and member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council.[2]: 167–168  He was also the father of William Plumsted, who also served as mayor of Philadelphia.[4][5]

In October 1742, Plumsted was mayor during a riot later referred to as the "bloody election" where prominent members of the Proprietary Party hired sailors to "knock the Dutch off the steps" of the courthouse where elections were being held.[3]: 148–149  The riot was said to be instigated by William Allen, and Plumsted was said to have not done anything to stop the violence which he excused due to age and illness.[3]: 149 

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  1. ^ "Extracts from the register of burials in St. Andrew's, holborn.—no. II". Notes and Queries. s2-XII (309): 430–431. 30 November 1861. doi:10.1093/nq/s2-XII.309.430b.
  2. ^ a b c Keith, Charles Penrose (1883). "Clement Plumsted". The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania, who Held Office Between 1733-1776: And Those Earlier Councillors who Were Some Time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and Their Descendants. Philadelphia: W.S. Sharp Printing Company. pp. 167–183. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson (1911). "Progress Under the Young Proprietors". Philadelphia: A History of the City and its People. Vol. I. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 136–162.
  4. ^ a b Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson (1911). "The Mayors of Philadelphia". Philadelphia: A History of the City and its People. Vol. II. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 440–442.
  5. ^ "Plumsted family papers 1787". www2.hsp.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
Preceded by Mayor of Philadelphia
1723–1724 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Philadelphia
1736–1737 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Philadelphia
1741–1742 		Succeeded by


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