Nicholas Gilman
| Nicholas Gilman, Jr. | |
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United States Senator from New Hampshire |
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In office March 4, 1805 – May 2, 1814 |
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| Preceded by | Simeon Olcott |
| Succeeded by | Thomas W. Thompson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district | |
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In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1797 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Freeman |
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August 3, 1755 Exeter, New Hampshire |
| Died | May 2, 1814 (aged 58) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Resting place | Exeter Cemetery, Exeter |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Residence | Exeter, New Hampshire |
| Occupation | merchant, state treasurer, U.S. Representative At-large |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
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Nicholas Gilman, Jr. (August 3, 1755 – May 2, 1814) was 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.
Gilman was the second son in a family of six children. He had four brothers and one sister ( John Taylor Gilman, Nathaniel Gilman, Elizabeth Gilman, Samuel Gilman, and Daniel Gilman.) Born during the French and Indian War, he was soon aware of the military responsibilities that went with citizenship in a New England colony. After attending local public schools, he became a clerk in his father's trading house, but the growing rift between the colonies and Great Britain quickly thrust Gilman into the struggle for independence. New England merchants in particular resented Parliament's attempt to end its "salutary neglect" of the financial and political affairs of the colonies by instituting measures to raise and to enforce the raising of revenue-measures that many Americans considered violations of their rights as British citizens. Gilman's father, along with Nathaniel Folsom and Enoch Poor, emerged as a leader of the Patriot cause in Exeter.
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