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  name Increase Sumner
  order 5th
  office Governor of Massachusetts
  term Start June 2 1797
  term End June 7 1799
  lieutenant Moses Gill
  predecessor Samuel Adams
  successor Moses Gill
  birth Place Unknown
  death Place Boston, Massachusetts
  spouse Elizabeth Hyslop
  party None


Increase Sumner ( November 27 1746June 7 1799 ) was a U.S. Political Figure . He served as the first Federalist Governor Of Massachusetts from 1797 to 1799 .

Increase Sumner also served as Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1782-97.
His son William H. Sumner is well known for his efforts to develop what is now East Boston and for whom the Sumner Tunnel is named.

Increase Sumner died in office from unknown causes, aged 52. He is interred at the Old Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts .


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