Preceded by 4th Governor Samuel Adams |
Increase Sumner 5th Governor of Massachusetts1797—1799 |
Succeeded by Acting Governor Moses Gill |
From [1]: Increase Sumner (November 27, 1746 – June 7, 1799) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Massachusetts. He was the fifth governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1797 to 1799. Trained as a lawyer, he served in the provisional government of Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War, and was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1782. Appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the same year, he served there as an associate justice until 1797.
He was three times elected governor of Massachusetts by wide margins, but died not long after the start of his third term. His descendants include his son William H. Sumner, for whom the Sumner Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts is named, and 20th century diplomat Sumner Welles.
Increase, son of Increase Sumner & Sarah, was born on 27 November 1746 in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
Increase married Elizabeth Hyslop on 30 September 1779 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.[2]
Their children:
Increase died (age 53) on 7 June 1799 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.[3] Increase was mentioned on a memorial in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 7 June 1799.[4]
His obituary was printed in Jenks Portland Gazette, Portland, Maine, on Monday, 17 June 1799.[5]
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