Benjamin T. Eames

Benjamin T. Eames

Benjamin Tucker Eames (born June 4, 1818 in Dedham , Norfolk County , Massachusetts , † October 6, 1901 in East Greenwich , Rhode Island ) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1879 he represented the first constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Eames attended public schools in the Rhode Island capital Providence as well as in Massachusetts and Connecticut . He then worked as an accountant for a few years before studying at Yale College until 1843 . He then worked as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1845, Eames began working in his new profession in Providence. Between 1845 and 1850 he was an administrator for the Rhode Island House of Representatives . Eames became a member of the newly formed Republican Party . He was a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1854 to 1857 and again from 1863 to 1864 . In 1857 he was a member of a commission for the revision of state laws. He was elected to the State's House of Representatives in 1859, 1860, 1868 and 1869.

In the congressional elections of 1870 Eames was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first district of Rhode Island , where he succeeded Thomas Jenckes on March 4, 1871 . After he was re-elected three times, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1879 . Between 1873 and 1875 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with private land claims. In 1878 Eames renounced another candidacy.

After the end of his time in Congress, he was again a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island between 1879 and 1881. He was then again in the Senate of his state from 1884 to 1885. He then withdrew from politics. Benjamin Eames died in October 1901 and was buried in Providence.

Web links

• Benjamin T. Eames in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Benjamin T. Eames in the database of Find a Grave (English)