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Preceded by
  
Succeeded by
  
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Role
  
Former Ohio State Senator

Name
  
Benjamin Eggleston

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Preceded by
  
Thomas W. KeyGeorge W. HolmesE. A. Ferguson

Preceded by
  
William T. ForrestJames M. ArmstrongHenry C. LordTheodore Marsh

Born
  
January 3, 1816Corinth, New York (
1816-01-03
)

Died
  
February 9, 1888, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Previous office
  
Ohio State Senator (1880–1882)

Resting place
  

Benjamin Eggleston (January 3, 1816 – February 9, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Life and career

Born in Corinth, New York, Eggleston completed preparatory studies. He moved with his parents to Hocking County, Ohio, in 1831. He moved to Cleveland and worked on a canal boat, later becoming an owner of boats and interested in several companies. He settled in Cincinnati in 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected presiding officer of the city council of Cincinnati. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. Presidential elector for Lincoln/Hamlin in 1860. He served as member of the Ohio Senate 1862-1865.

Eggleston was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress. He again served in the Ohio Senate in 1880 and 1881. He resumed mercantile pursuits. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 9, 1888. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.

References

Benjamin Eggleston Wikipedia


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