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Clement Plumsted
Born	1680
Died	26 May 1745  (aged 64–65)

Clement Plumsted (bapt.Tooltip baptised 2 May 1680 – 26 May 1745) was native of Norfolk and among the East Jersey proprietors associated with William Penn. A wealthy Quaker merchant, he served as mayor of Philadelphia in 1723, 1736, and 1741, as well as a Philadelphia councilman, alderman, and justice, and member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council. He was also the father of William Plumsted, who also served as mayor of Philadelphia.

In October 1742, Plumsted was mayor during a riot later referred to as the "bloody election" where prominent members of the Proprietary Party hired sailors to "knock the Dutch off the steps" of the courthouse where elections were being held. The riot was said to be instigated by William Allen, and Plumsted was said to have not done anything to stop the violence which he excused due to age and illness.

References

1. "Extracts from the register of burials in St. Andrew's, holborn.—no. II". Notes and Queries. s2-XII (309): 430–431. 30 November 1861. doi:10.1093/nq/s2-XII.309.430b.
2. ^ Keith, Charles Penrose (1883). "Clement Plumsted". The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania, who Held Office Between 1733-1776: And Those Earlier Councillors who Were Some Time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and Their Descendants. Philadelphia: W.S. Sharp Printing Company. pp. 167–183. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
3. ^ Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson (1911). "Progress Under the Young Proprietors". Philadelphia: A History of the City and its People. Vol. I. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 136–162.
4. ^ Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson (1911). "The Mayors of Philadelphia". Philadelphia: A History of the City and its People. Vol. II. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 440–442.
5. "Plumsted family papers 1787". www2.hsp.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.

v t e Mayors of Philadelphia (chronologically)
Colonial era (1691–1776)	Morrey Shippen (I) Morris (I) G. Jones Willcox Stanbury Masters Hill Carter Preston Dickinson Roch Hill Dickinson Fishbourn Logan C. Plumsted Norris Hudson Charles Read T. Lawrence (I) Griffitts Hasell Griffitts T. Lawrence (I) Allen C. Plumsted Griffitts Morris (II) Roberts Hasell C. Plumsted Till B. Shoemaker Shippen (II) Hamilton Attwood C. Willing T. Lawrence (I) W. Plumsted Strettell B. Shoemaker T. Lawrence (I) C. Willing W. Plumsted Shute T. Lawrence (II) Stamper B. Shoemaker Duché Harrison T. Willing T. Lawrence (II) J. Lawrence I. Jones S. Shoemaker Gibson Fisher Rhoads Powel
Pre-Act of Consolidation (1789–1854)	Powel Miles Barclay Clarkson Baker Wharton Inskeep Lawler Inskeep Wharton J. Barker Wharton Keppele J. Barker Geyer Wharton J. N. Barker Wharton Watson Dallas Richards Milnor Richards Swift Roach Swift Scott McCall Swift J. Jones Gilpin
Post-Consolidation (since 1854)	Conrad Vaux Henry McMichael Fox Stokley King W. Smith Fitler Stuart Warwick Ashbridge Weaver Reyburn Blankenburg T. Smith Moore Kendrick Mackey Moore Wilson Connell Lamberton Samuel Clark Dilworth Tate Rizzo Green Goode Rendell Street Nutter Kenney Parker

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