Clement Plumsted

Mayor of Philadelphia

Clement Plumsted

Born	1680
Died	26 May 1745 (aged 64–65)

Clement Plumsted (bapt.Tooltip baptised 2 May 1680^[1] – 26 May 1745)^[2] was Mayor of Philadelphia in 1723, 1736, and 1741. He also served as a Philadelphia councilman, alderman, and justice, as well as a member of the Pennsylvania provincial council. He was the father of William Plumsted, who also served as mayor of Philadelphia.^[3]

References

^ "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.
^ Keith, Charles Penrose (1883). 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 Prtg. Company. pp. 167–168. Retrieved 23 July 2016. clement plumsted.
^ "Plumsted family papers 1787". www2.hsp.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.

Preceded by James Logan	Mayor of Philadelphia 1723–1724	Succeeded by Isaac Norris
Preceded by William Allen	Mayor of Philadelphia 1736–1737	Succeeded by Thomas Griffitts
Preceded by Samuel Hasell	Mayor of Philadelphia 1741–1742	Succeeded by William Till