Benjamin Pickman, Jr.

Benjamin Pickman, Jr. ( born September 30, 1763 in Salem, Massachusetts, † August 16, 1843 ) was an American politician. Between 1809 and 1811 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Benjamin Pickman attended Harvard University until 1784. He then studied the law, but has barely been working as a lawyer. Instead, he was engaged in trade and in politics. Between 1797 and 1802, and again in the years 1812 and 1813 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He also sat in 1803 in the state Senate. Between 1805 and 1821 he was several times a member of the Governing Council ( Executive Council) of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1808 Pickman was a member of the Federalist party in the second electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Story on March 4, 1809. Since he resigned in 1810 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1811.

In 1820 Benjamin Pickman was a delegate to a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts. From 1810 to 1818, he was Chairman of the Board ( Overseer ) at Harvard University. He also served as Chairman of the Theological School in Cambridge. He died on 16 August 1843 in his hometown of Salem.