Benjamin F. Prescott

Benjamin Franklin Prescott ( born February 26, 1833 in Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, † February 21, 1894 in Concord, New Hampshire ) was an American politician and 1877-1879 Governor of the State of New Hampshire.

Early years and political rise

Benjamin Prescott attended Pembroke Academy,. Phillips Exeter Academy and then to 1856 Dartmouth College After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted in 1859 as a lawyer. But in this job, he worked for a short time. After that, he was active in journalistic field. He was editor of the newspaper "Independent Democrat ," which was set against slavery and Abraham Lincoln supported.

Prescott was a member of the Republican Party. Since 1859 to 1874 he was in New Hampshire on the board of the local party organization. In addition to the six presidential elections this time, he was from 1860 to 1880 on the board of the electoral college of New Hampshire. Between 1865 and 1869 he was Special Representative of the U.S. Treasury for the area of the New England states. From 1872 to 1873, and again 1875-1876 he was State Secretary in the Government of New Hampshire.

Governor of New Hampshire

In 1877, Benjamin Prescott was elected governor of his state. He took up his new post on June 7, 1877, and was for a re-election in 1878 until June 5, 1879 remain in this office. During this time, eleven additions to the Constitution were ratified and established a new prison. The regular election dates for public office, the common practice in the federal government have been adjusted and placed on the first Tuesday in November. The term of office of the Governor of New Hampshire has been extended from one year to two years. Prescott was the last governor, who still run two each year terms of office.

Governor Prescott but was known primarily by the fact that he put a kind of Hall of Fame for prominent citizens of New Hampshire. He collected paintings, busts and sculptures of the most famous personalities of his state and exhibited them both in government buildings as well as the Historical Society of New Hampshire. The governor himself was a member of several historical associations and curator of some schools.

Further CV

In 1880 Prescott was head of the delegation from New Hampshire at the Republican National Convention, was nominated for the James A. Garfield as a presidential candidate. Between 1887 and 1893 he was a member of the railroad committee of his state and he wrote two historical treatises. Benjamin Prescott died in 1894. He was married to Mary Little Noyes, with whom he had a child.