Benjamin Franklin Junkin

Benjamin Franklin Junkin (born November 12, 1822 in Carlisle , Pennsylvania , †  October 9, 1908 in New Bloomfield , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Junkin attended private schools and then graduated from Lafayette College in Easton . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1844, he began to work in New Bloomfield in this profession. Between 1850 and 1853 he was a district attorney in Perry County there . Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 .

In the congressional election of 1858 Junkin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat John Alexander Ahl on March 4, 1859 . Since he was not confirmed in 1860, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1861 . This was shaped by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Benjamin Junkin practiced again as a lawyer in New Bloomfield. Between 1871 and 1881 he was presiding judge in the ninth judicial district of his state. From 1886 until his death on October 9, 1908, he practiced law for the Pennsylvania Railroad .

Web links

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

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

predecessor	Office	successor
John Alexander Ahl	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (16th constituency) March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861	Joseph Bailey