John Taylor Gilman was a farmer, shipbuilder, and statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 and was Governor of New Hampshire for fourteen years, from 1794 to 1805 and from 1813 to 1816. Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire to a family settled in Exeter since its earliest days. He received a limited education before he entered into the family shipbuilding and mercantile businesses.

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  • John Taylor Gilman was a farmer, shipbuilder, and statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 and was Governor of New Hampshire for fourteen years, from 1794 to 1805 and from 1813 to 1816. Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire to a family settled in Exeter since its earliest days. He received a limited education before he entered into the family shipbuilding and mercantile businesses. He was one of the Minutemen of 1775 and a selectman in 1777 and 1778. Gilman served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1779 and 1781 and was a delegate to the Convention of the States in Hartford, Connecticut in October 1780. He served as a member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. He was the New Hampshire Treasurer in 1791 and moderator 1791-1794, 1806, 1807, 1809-1811, 1817, 1818, and 1820-1825. Gilman served a Governor of New Hampshire 1794-1805 and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1805. He was again a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1810 and 1811 and again an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1812. He was elected Governor and served from 1813 to 1816 and declined to be a candidate for renomination for Governor in 1816. He was an ex officio trustee of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 1794-1805 and 1813-1816 and trustee by election 1817-1819. He was president of the board of trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire 1795-1827, and donor of the oldest property, the 'Yard,' upon which the older buildings stand. He died in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1828 and is buried in the Winter Street Burial Ground in Exeter.
  • John Taylor Gilman war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1794 bis 1805 sowie zwischen 1813 und 1816 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates New Hampshire. Zwischen 1782 und 1783 war er Mitglied des Kontinentalkongresses.
  • John Taylor Gilman, född 19 december 1753 i Exeter, New Hampshire, död 1 september 1828 i Exeter, New Hampshire, var en amerikansk federalistisk politiker. Han var guvernör i New Hampshire 1794-1805 och 1813-1816. Han var bror till senator Nicholas Gilman. Gilman fick 1776 äran att läsa till folket i Exeter, New Hampshire. Delstaten New Hampshire fick sin kopia av självständighetsförklaringen två veckor efter att den hade offentliggjorts annanstans. Gilman deltog i amerikanska revolutionen som en minuteman. Han var ledamot av New Hampshire House of Representatives, underhuset i delstatens lagstiftande församling, 1779 och 1781. Han var sedan ledamot av kontinentala kongressen 1782-1783. Gilman valdes 1794 till guvernör och han vann omval årligen tio gånger. Han förlorade sedan 1805 års guvernörsval mot demokrat-republikanen John Langdon. Han förlorade ytterligare tre guvernörsval innan han 1813 igen vann. Han omvaldes den gången två gånger innan han lämnade politiken helt och hållet. Hans grav finns på Exeter Cemetery i hemstaden Exeter.
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  • John Taylor Gilman was a farmer, shipbuilder, and statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 and was Governor of New Hampshire for fourteen years, from 1794 to 1805 and from 1813 to 1816. Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire to a family settled in Exeter since its earliest days. He received a limited education before he entered into the family shipbuilding and mercantile businesses.
  • John Taylor Gilman war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1794 bis 1805 sowie zwischen 1813 und 1816 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates New Hampshire. Zwischen 1782 und 1783 war er Mitglied des Kontinentalkongresses.
  • John Taylor Gilman, född 19 december 1753 i Exeter, New Hampshire, död 1 september 1828 i Exeter, New Hampshire, var en amerikansk federalistisk politiker. Han var guvernör i New Hampshire 1794-1805 och 1813-1816. Han var bror till senator Nicholas Gilman. Gilman fick 1776 äran att läsa till folket i Exeter, New Hampshire. Delstaten New Hampshire fick sin kopia av självständighetsförklaringen två veckor efter att den hade offentliggjorts annanstans.
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  • John Taylor Gilman
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