Benjamin Thomas (congressman)

Benjamin Franklin Thomas ( born February 12, 1813 in Boston, Massachusetts, † September 27, 1878 in Beverly, Massachusetts) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1819, Benjamin Thomas moved with his parents to Worcester. He attended the Lancaster Academy and then studied until 1830 at Brown University in Providence (Rhode Iceland ). After a subsequent law degree in 1833 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Worcester in this profession. In his home he also held various local offices. In 1842 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In the same year he was bankrupt Officer. Between 1844 and 1848, Thomas worked as a restructuring judge. Politically, he was a member of the Whig party. In the presidential election of 1848 he was one of the electors who formally chose Zachary Taylor as U.S. president. From 1853 to 1859 he was a judge on the Massachusetts Supreme Court Then again, he practiced as a private attorney.

Following the resignation of Congressman Charles Francis Adams Thomas was as Unionist in the election due for the third seat from Massachusetts as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he recorded his mandate on 11 June 1861. Since he did not compete in 1862 for re-election, he could only finish the current legislative period to March 3, 1863. This was marked by the events of the Civil War. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Benjamin Thomas again worked as a lawyer. An appointment to the Supreme Judge of the State of Massachusetts failed due to the approval of the legislature. He died on September 27, 1878 at his estate in Beverly.