Benjamin F. Shively

Benjamin Franklin Shively (born March 20, 1857 in Osceola , St. Joseph County , Indiana , † March 14, 1916 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician who represented the state of Indiana in both chambers of Congress .

After attending public schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School in Valparaiso , Benjamin Shively worked as a journalist from 1874 to 1880 and then until 1884. He also became secretary of the National Anti-Monopoly Association in 1883. In 1883, the Anti-Monopoly Party emerged from this organization . Shively moved into the United States House of Representatives on December 1, 1884, representing this short-lived party, which campaigned for goals like direct senatorial elections , progressive income tax, and anti-trust legislation . There he ended the term of office of the resigned Republican William H. Calkins, which ran until March 3, 1885 , in the 13th constituency .

Subsequently, Shively studied law at the University of Michigan . He graduated in 1886, was inducted into the bar, and began practicing in South Bend . On March 4, 1887, he returned to the House of Representatives in Washington; in the meantime he had switched to the Democrats . After being re-elected twice, he held his mandate until March 3, 1893, before he stopped running and worked again as a lawyer. In 1896 he ran for governor of Indiana, but was defeated by Republican James A. Mount . Another attempt to vote for the House of Representatives failed in 1906; for this he succeeded in entering the US Senate in 1909, where he remained after re-election in 1914 until his death on March 14, 1916. In the Senate, he temporarily chaired the Committee on Pacific Railroads .

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SURNAME	Shively, Benjamin F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shively, Benjamin Franklin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Osceola , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	March 14, 1916
Place of death	Washington, DC