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About Nicholas Gilman
Nicholas Gilman Jr. was an American Founding Father, a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the U.S. Constitution, representing New Hampshire. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives during the first four Congresses and served in the U.S. Senate from 1805 until his death in 1814. His brother John Taylor Gilman was also very active in New Hampshire politics, serving as Governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, as well as a principal benefactor of Phillips Exeter Academy. Their childhood home in Exeter is now the American Independence Museum.
Everything about Nicholas Gilman →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- United States representative, United States representative, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 3, 1755
- Died
- May 2, 1814