Benjamin F. Shively

Benjamin Franklin Shively (* March 20, 1857 in Osceola, St. Joseph County, Indiana, † March 14, 1916 in Washington DC) was an American politician who represented the state of Indiana in both chambers of Congress.

After attending the public schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso Benjamin Shively first worked from 1874 to 1880 and then until 1884 as a journalist. Moreover, he was in 1883 secretary of the National Anti- Monopoly Association in 1883. For this organization, the Anti- Monopoly Party shortly after went out. As a representative of this short-lived party, the strongly argued for destinations such as the direct election of senators, a progressive income tax and an anti - trust legislation, Shively moved on 1 December 1884 the House of Representatives of the United States. There he finished in 13th constituency ongoing until March 3, 1885 term of office of the retiring Republican William H. Calkins.

As a result, Shively studied law at the University of Michigan. He took his degree in 1886, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in South Bend. On 4 March 1887, he returned to the House of Representatives in Washington back; in the meantime he was switched to the Democrats. After two re-election, he held his position until March 3, 1893 before he did not run again and worked as a lawyer. In 1896 he ran for the governorship of Indiana, but was defeated by Republican James A. Mount. Another attempt at election to the House of Representatives proposed in 1906 failed; for he succeeded in 1909, the entry into the U.S. Senate, where he remained after the re-election in 1914 until his death on 14 March 1916. In the Senate, he stood before the Committee on Pacific Railroads.

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