Benjamin Walker (politician)

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Benjamin Walker (born 1753 in London , Great Britain , † January 13, 1813 in Utica , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1801 and 1803 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Walker was born in London during the reign of George II , King of Great Britain and Ireland , German Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Hanover) and nominally one of the Dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . He attended the Blue Coat School . The Walker family immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City . He served as aide-de-camp for General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben during the Revolutionary War and was then a member of General George Washington's staff . On March 21, 1791, he became Naval Officer of Customs in the Port of New York - a position he held until February 20, 1798. In 1797 he moved to Fort Schuyler (now Ultica). He was an agent for the Earl of Bath's largest landowner . Politically he belonged to the Federalist Party .

In the 1800 congressional elections , Walker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Jonas Platt on March 4, 1801 . Since he on a run again in 1802 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1803 Congress of.

He died in Utica on January 13, 1818 and was buried in the Old Village Burying Ground on Water Street . His remains were reburied in Forest Hill Cemetery on June 17, 1875 .

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SURNAME Walker, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1813
Place of death Utica , New York