Benjamin Babock Thurston

Benjamin Babock Thurston ( born June 29, 1804 in Hopkinton, Rhode Iceland, † May 17 1886 in New London, Connecticut ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1849, and again from 1851 to 1857, he was the second electoral district of the state of Rhode Iceland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Benjamin Thurston attended the public schools of his home and was then engaged in trade. At an early age he worked on policy. He became a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1831 and 1837 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Rhode Iceland; in 1838 he served as lieutenant governor of his state.

1846 Thurston was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he Lemuel H. Arnold replaced on March 4, 1847. But since he lost the Whig party already in the next election against Nathan Dixon, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1849. But two years later he won back his seat. After he was re-elected twice, Thurston could spend 1857 three consecutive parliamentary terms in Congress between 4 March 1851 to 3 March. During his last term, he was sitting there as a representative of the short-lived American Party. From 1851 to 1853 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Ministry of Finance; 1853 to 1855 he was a member of the Patent Committee. During his last term from 1855 to 1857 Thurston was a member of the Committee on Accounts. His time in Congress was overshadowed by the discussions and events leading up to the Civil War.

For the elections of 1856 he gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in Congress Thurston moved to New London in Connecticut. He was 1862-1863 in the City Council. In the years 1869 and 1870 was Thurston representative in the House of Representatives from Connecticut. Professionally, he was again employed in the trade.