Benjamin F. Martin

Benjamin F. Martin

Benjamin Franklin Martin (born October 2, 1828 in Farmington , Marion County , Virginia , † January 20, 1895 in Grafton , West Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1881 he represented the second constituency of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Martin was born in 1828 near Farmington, which was then still in Virginia. Since 1863, the city has belonged to the then newly founded state of West Virginia. Martin attended Allegheny College in Meadville ( Pennsylvania ) until 1854 . He then worked in Fairmont as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession in March 1856. In 1856 he moved to Pruntytown .

Martin became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1872 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the West Virginia constitution. In 1872 and 1888 he also took part in the respective Democratic National Conventions . In 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second district of West Virginia , where he succeeded Charles J. Faulkner on March 4, 1877 . After re-election in 1878, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1881 .

Benjamin Martin was no longer nominated by his party for the elections of 1880. In the following years he worked as a lawyer in Grafton, where he died on January 20, 1895.

Web links

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

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