Increase Sumner

Increase Sumner was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Massachusetts. He was the fifth governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1797 to 1799. Trained as a lawyer, he served in the provisional government of Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War, and was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1782. Appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the same year, he served there as an associate justice until 1797.

27 November 1746

Born on the same birth date (27 November 1746): Robert R. Livingston

Born on the same birth day (27 November): Amphilochius of Pochayiv • Buffalo Bob Smith • Charles Scott Sherrington • Danielle Ammaccapane • Donta Smith • Emperor Xiaozong of Song • Izumi Kitta • Jacques Godbout • Jovette Bernier • Lars Onsager • Maria Schneider (musician) • Michael Rispoli • Pierre Dupuy (scholar) • Rachel Brooks Gleason • Rex Shelley • Zoe Colletti

Born in the same month (November 1746): Joseph Quesnel • Robert R. Livingston