Benjamin F. Funk

Benjamin Franklin Funk (born October 17, 1838 in Funks Grove , McLean County , Illinois , †  February 14, 1909 in Bloomington , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Funk was the father of Congressman Frank H. Funk (1869–1940). He attended his home public schools and Wesleyan University in Bloomington. In 1862 he dropped out of training to serve in the Union Army for five months during the Civil War . He then continued his interrupted training. Then he worked in agriculture. In 1869 he moved to Bloomington, where he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1871 and 1876 and again from 1884 to 1886 he was mayor of his new hometown. He became the curator of the Jacksonville Institute for the Blind. For over 20 years, he headed the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees. In June 1888, Funk was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional election of 1892 , Funk was elected to the 14th  constituency of Illinois in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Democrat Owen Scott on March 4, 1893 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1894, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1895 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Benjamin Funk returned to farming. He died on February 14, 1909 in Bloomington, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Benjamin F. Funk in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Benjamin F. Funk in the database of Find a Grave (English)