Benjamin J. Franklin | |
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| 12th Governor ofArizona Territory | |
| In office April 18, 1896 – July 22, 1897 | |
| Nominated by | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | L. C. Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Myron H. McCord |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Abram Comingo |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Locke Sawyer |
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| Born | Benjamin Joseph Franklin March 1839 (1839-03) Maysville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 1898(1898-05-19) (aged 59) Phoenix,Arizona Territory, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Benjamin Joseph Franklin (March 1839 – May 19, 1898) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri, and territorial governor ofArizona.[1]
Born inMaysville, Kentucky, in March 1839, Franklin attended private schools, and Bethany College,Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia) from 1849 to 1851.He taught school.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice inLeavenworth, Kansas.
Franklin was elected to the State senate of Kansas in 1861, but due to the outbreak of theCivil War never served.He entered theConfederate States Army as a private.He was promoted to the rank of captain and served throughout theCivil War.He moved toColumbia, Missouri, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.He moved toKansas City, Missouri, in 1868 and resumed the practice of law.He served as prosecuting attorney for Jackson County, Missouri from 1871 to 1875.
Franklin was elected as aDemocrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879).He served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Forty-fifth Congress).He was a candidate for renomination, but withdrew.He again engaged in the practice of law inKansas City, Missouri.He was appointed United States consul at Hankow, China, in 1885.He returned to the United States in 1890 and settled inPhoenix, Arizona, and engaged in the practice of law.He was appointed Governor of the Territory of Arizona and served from April 18, 1896, to July 29, 1897.He died inPhoenix, Arizona, May 19, 1898.[2]He was interred in Rosedale Cemetery, a section of thePioneer and Military Memorial Park in Phoenix.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 8th congressional district 1875–1879 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Governor of Arizona Territory 1896–1897 | Succeeded by |
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