Arnold Plumer

{{Infobox officeholder

| birthname = Arnold Plumer

| name = Arnold Plumer

| image = Arnold Plumer (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg

| caption = From 1890's History of Venango County, Pennsylvania

| office1 = 19th Treasurer of Pennsylvania

| term_start1 = 1848

| term_end1 = 1849

| predecessor1= John Banks

| successor1 = Gideon J. Ball

| state2 = Pennsylvania

| district2 = 25th

| term_start2 = March 4, 1841

| term_end2 = March 3, 1843

| predecessor2= John Galbraith

| successor2 = District eliminated

| term_start3 = March 4, 1837

| term_end3 = March 3, 1839

| predecessor3= John Galbraith

| successor3 = John Galbraith

| birth_date = {{birth date|1801|6|6}}

| birth_place = Cooperstown, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{death date and age|1869|4|28|1801|6|6}}

| death_place = Franklin, Pennsylvania

| party = Democratic

| signature = Signature of Arnold Plumer (1801–1869).png

|restingplace = Franklin Cemetery

}}

Arnold Plumer (June 6, 1801 – April 28, 1869) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving two nonconsecutive terms in the mid-19th century.

Early life

Arnold Plumer was born near Cooperstown, Pennsylvania. He was privately tutored at home and completed preparatory studies. He served as sheriff of Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1823 and prothonotary of the county in 1829 and clerk of the courts and recorder from 1830 to 1836.

Political career

Plumer was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was appointed marshal of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by President Martin Van Buren on May 20, 1839, and served until May 6, 1841.

= Congress =

He was elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He was again appointed United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 14, 1847, and served until April 3, 1848, when he resigned.