Benjamin Le Fevre

Benjamin Le Fevre (born October 8, 1838 in Maplewood , Shelby County , Ohio , † March 7, 1922 in Atlantic City , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1887 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Le Fevre attended Miami University in Oxford in 1858 and 1859 . He then studied law. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army , where he rose to major in an infantry unit from Ohio. He was also promoted to Brevet Brigadier General. After the war he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866 . In 1866 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Secretary of State of Ohio. Between 1867 and 1869 he was the American consul in Nuremberg in what was then the Kingdom of Bavaria .

In the congressional election of 1878 , Le Fevre was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Americus V. Rice on March 4, 1879 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1887 . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the fourth district of his state there as the successor to Emanuel Shultz . Then he returned to the fifth district. In 1886 he renounced another candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Benjamin Le Fevre worked for some time as a postal agent for the Erie Railway Co. He then worked in agriculture in Salem Township , Ohio. He died in Atlantic City on March 7, 1922 and was buried in Salem.

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SURNAME	Le Fevre, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Maplewood , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1922
Place of death	Atlantic City , New Jersey