Benjamin Markley Boyer | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | John D. Stiles |
| Succeeded by | John D. Stiles |
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| Born | (1823-01-22)January 22, 1823 |
| Died | August 16, 1887(1887-08-16) (aged 64) Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | West Laurel Hill Cemetery,Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Whig Democratic |
Benjamin Markley Boyer (January 22, 1823 – August 16, 1887) was an American politician who served as aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1865 to 1869. He served as president judge of theMontgomery County Court from 1882 to 1887.
Boyer was born on January 22, 1823, inNew Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, and was raised and attended elementary school inPottstown, Pennsylvania. In 1836, he enteredLafayette College inEaston, Pennsylvania.[1] He transferred[2] toMarshall College[1] and then toUniversity of Pennsylvania where he graduated in 1841.[3] He studied law inCarlisle, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 1844.[4] During theAmerican Civil War, he served as captain of the 41st Pennsylvania militia,[5] a company of volunteers established when Pennsylvania was invaded by confederate troops. He received an A.M. degree from Lafayette College in 1866.[1]
He returned to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and began the practice of law.[2] He served as deputy attorney general of Montgomery County from 1848 to 1850. He began his political career as aWhig, but switched to the Democratic party in 1856.[6] In 1864 he was elected a Representative fromPennsylvania to theThirty-Ninth Congress as aDemocrat, and was re-elected to theFortieth Congress.[3] He made several passionate speeches against the Republican plans forreconstruction of the South after the American Civil War.[2] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868.[3]
In 1866 he accepted stocks fromThomas Durant in the early stages of theCrédit Mobilier scandal. He was elected president judge of Montgomery County Court in 1882.[7] He died on August 16, 1887, inNorristown, Pennsylvania, and was interred atWest Laurel Hill Cemetery inBala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[3]
He married Eleanor Pryor and together they had two children.[2]
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