Benjamin Dean | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's3rd district | |
| In office March 28, 1878 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Walbridge A. Field |
| Succeeded by | Walbridge A. Field |
| Member of theMassachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1862-1863 1869 | |
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| Born | (1824-08-14)August 14, 1824 Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, U.K. |
| Died | April 9, 1897(1897-04-09) (aged 72) South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Benjamin Dean (August 14, 1824 – April 9, 1897) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts.
Born inClitheroe, Lancashire, England, U.K., fifth child of Alice Lofthouse and Benjamin Dean, he moved with his family to America at the age of five, and grew up inLowell, Massachusetts.[1] He attended Lowell schools andDartmouth College. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar, and founded the Lowell firm of Dean & Dinsmoor, Attorneys. Dean continued his practice after moving toBoston in 1852.
Dean served in theMassachusetts Senate and on the Common Council of the City of Boston. Dean was elected as aDemocrat to the45th United States Congress, serving from 1878 to 1879. Dean was not a candidate forreëlection in 1878. Thereafter he resumed his law practice in Boston, and was chairman of the board of parks commissioners in his later years.
Dean was married to Mary Anne French, daughter of Lowell MayorJosiah Bowers French and a descendant of theCotton andMather families ofMassachusetts Bay. They had six children, including marine artistWalter Lofthouse Dean and Judge Josiah French Dean.
A 33-degreeMason, he served as grand master of the Grand Commandery of the United States from 1880 to 1883; and attended the Tricentennial Conclave in San Francisco in 1883 with his wife and youngest daughter, Mary.
He was a member of theBoston Yacht Club and ownedOuter Brewster Island. Dean died at his home inSouth Boston on April 9, 1897, and is buried atLowell Cemetery.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 28, 1878 – March 3, 1879 | Succeeded by |
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