Benjamin Dean

Benjamin Dean

Benjamin Dean (born August 14, 1824 in Clitheroe , England , †  April 9, 1897 in South Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . In 1878 and 1879 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of five, Benjamin Dean and his parents came to the United States from Great Britain , where the family settled in Lowell . He attended public schools and graduated from his new home after the Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1845, he began to work in Lowell in this profession. In 1852 he moved his residence and law firm to Boston. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1862, 1863, and 1869 . In the years 1865 and 1866 and again from 1872 to 1873 he sat on the city council of Boston.

In the congressional elections of 1876 Dean lost to Walbridge A. Field of the Republican Party . But he appealed against the election result. When this was granted, he was able to take over the mandate from Field on March 28, 1878 and end the current legislative period in Congress . In 1878 he no longer ran. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Benjamin Dean practiced again as a lawyer in Boston. There he was a member and chairman of the park committee for several years. He died in South Boston on April 9, 1897.

Web links

• Benjamin Dean in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Benjamin Dean in the database of Find a Grave (English)