Ben C. Eastman

Ben C. Eastman

Ben C. Eastman (born October 24, 1812 in Strong , Massachusetts , †  February 2, 1856 in Platteville , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1855 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ben Eastman was born in 1812 in Strong, which was then part of Massachusetts and has been part of the State of Maine since 1820 . He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1840, he began to work in Green Bay in this profession. That same year he moved his law firm and residence to Platteville, Wisconsin Territory . Between 1843 and 1846 he was a member of the Territorial Government Council. He also became a district attorney in Grant County .

Politically, Eastman became a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1850 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Orsamus Cole on March 4, 1851 . After re-election in 1852, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1855 . These were determined by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war . At that time it was mainly about the question of slavery .

In 1854 Eastman renounced another congressional candidacy. In the months after he left the US House of Representatives, he returned to work as a lawyer. He died on February 2, 1856, just under eleven months after the end of his last term in Congress. Ben Eastman was buried in Madison .

literature

• Andrew R. Dodge: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 . ( the Continental Congress, Sept. 5, 1774 to Oct. 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789 to Jan. 3, 2005 inclusive ), Washington DC 2005 , P. 998.

Web links

• Ben C. Eastman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ben C. Eastman in the database of Find a Grave (English)