Benjamin Pringle

Benjamin Pringle (born November 9, 1807 in Richfield Springs , Otsego County , New York , † June 7, 1887 in Hastings , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1857 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Pringle attended preparatory schools. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1830, he began to work in this profession for a few years. He later became president of a bank in Batavia . Between 1841 and 1846 he served as a district judge in Genesee County . Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party at the time .

In the congressional elections of 1852 Pringle was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 30th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Reuben Robie on March 4, 1853 . After being re-elected as a candidate for the short-lived opposition party , he was able to complete two terms in Congress by March 3, 1857 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . Since 1855 Pringle headed the Indian Committee.

In 1856 he was no longer confirmed in his mandate. For this he was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1863 . In the same year he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln under an agreement signed with Great Britain in 1862 as a judge at the Court of Arbitration in Cape Town in what is now South Africa . It dealt with questions of the suppression of the slave trade. In 1873 Pringle became the curator of the State Institution for the Blind . He died on June 7, 1887 in Hastings, Minnesota and was buried in Batavia.

Web links

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Reuben Robie	United States House Representative for New York (30th constituency) March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857	Judson W. Sherman