Benjamin W. Harris

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Benjamin W. Harris

Benjamin Winslow Harris (born November 10, 1823 in East Bridgewater , Plymouth County , Massachusetts , †  February 7, 1907 ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1883 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Harris was the father of Congressman Robert O. Harris (1854–1926). He enjoyed a good education. After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission to the bar in 1849, he began to work in this profession in Boston from 1850 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1857 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate . Between 1858 and 1866 he was prosecutor for the southeast of his home state. He then headed the Tax Department in Massachusetts Second Financial District between 1866 and 1873.

In the congressional election of 1872 Harris was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Oakes Ames on March 4, 1873 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . From 1881 he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. In 1882 Harris declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. From 1887 to 1906 he was probate judge in Plymouth County. He died on February 7, 1907 in his hometown of East Bridgewater.

Web links

  • Benjamin W. Harris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)