Increase Sumner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Increase Sumner

Governor of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1746

Place of Birth: Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1799

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 elected governor of Massachusetts three times by wide margins, but died shortly 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 diplomats Sumner Welles and Sumner Gerard.



Description	American painter and artist American painter
Date of birth/death	1752	1818
Location of birth/death	Boston	Boston
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