Clement Storer Explained

Clement Storer
State1:New Hampshire
District1:At-large
Term Start1:March 4, 1807
Term End1:March 3, 1809
Preceded1:Thomas W. Thompson
Succeeded1:James Wilson
Order2:United States Senator from
New Hampshire
Term Start2:June 27, 1817
Term End2:March 3, 1819
Preceded2:Jeremiah Mason
Succeeded2:John F. Parrott
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term3:1810–1812
Birth Date:20 September 1760
Birth Place:Kennebunk, Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Maine)
Death Place:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
Party:Democratic-Republican

Clement Storer (September 20, 1760November 21, 1830) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Kennebunk in Massachusetts Bay's Province of Maine, he completed preparatory studies, studied medicine in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and in Europe, engaged in the practice of medicine in Portsmouth, and was captain of militia and held successive ranks to that of major general.

Storer was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1810 to 1812, serving one year as speaker. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth Congress (March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809). He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jeremiah Mason and served from June 27, 1817, to March 4, 1819; while in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on the Militia (Fifteenth Congress).

From 1818 to 1824, Storer was high sheriff of Rockingham County. He died in Portsmouth in 1830 and was interred in North Cemetery.