David Plant

David Plant (March 29, 1783 – October 18, 1851[1]) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. Born in Stratford, Connecticut, Plant attended the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1804. He studied law at the Litchfield Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1804. Plant practiced law in Stratford and became a judge of the probate court of Fairfield County.

For the novelist, see David Plante.
David Plant
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Preceded byGideon Tomlinson
Succeeded byWilliam Ellsworth
30th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 7, 1823 – May 2, 1827
GovernorOliver Wolcott Jr.
Preceded byJonathan Ingersoll
Succeeded byJohn Peters
Personal details
BornMarch 29, 1783
Stratford, Connecticut
Died18 October 1851(1851-10-18) (aged 68)
Stratford, Connecticut
Political partyNational Republican Party
EducationYale College, Litchfield Law School

Plant was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1817 to 1820 and served as its speaker. He was a Connecticut state senator in 1821 and 1822. The following year he became Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, a position he held until 1827.

That year he was elected as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives of the Twentieth Congress, which was in session from March 4, 1827 until March 3, 1829. He did not seek re-election in 1828, but returned to his law practice in Connecticut. David Plant died in Stratford in 1851 and was buried in the Congregational Burying Ground.

References
  1. Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1886, p. 227
  • United States Congress. "David Plant (id: P000375)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Political offices
Preceded by
Jonathan Ingersoll		 Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
1823–1827		 Succeeded by
John Samuel Peters
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Gideon Tomlinson		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's at-large congressional district
1827–1829		 Succeeded by
William W. Ellsworth


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