William Caudwell Plunkett was an American

United States

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 politician

Politician

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 who served as Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

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 for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855. In 1853 he was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention. He lived in Adams

Adams, Massachusetts

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 for over 50 years and held many of the local offices.

He was born on October 23, 1799 in Lenox

Lenox, Massachusetts

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, Berkshire County

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts. He died on January 19, 1884 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. His father was Patrick Plunkett; his mother was Mary Robinson. He first married Achsah Brown; after her death he married her niece Louisa Brown.