Benjamin Winslow Harris | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Oakes Ames |
| Succeeded by | John Davis Long |
| Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1858 | |
| Member of theMassachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1857-1858 | |
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| Born | November 10, 1823 |
| Died | February 7, 1907 (aged 83) East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician,Lawyer,Judge |
Benjamin Winslow Harris (November 10, 1823 – February 7, 1907) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge fromMassachusetts.[1] He was the father ofRobert Orr Harris.
Born inEast Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Harris pursued an academic course atPhillips Academy, Andover, graduating in 1847. He graduated from Dane Law School ofHarvard University in 1849. He wasadmitted to the bar inBoston, Massachusetts, in 1850, commencing practice in East Bridgewater. He served in theMassachusetts Senate in 1857, was a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1858, wasdistrict attorney for the southeastern district ofMassachusetts from 1858 to 1866 and was collector ofinternal revenue for the second district ofMassachusetts from 1866 to 1873.
Harris was elected aRepublican to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1883, not being a candidate for renomination in 1882. There, he served as chairman of theCommittee on Naval Affairs from 1881 to 1883. Afterwards, he resumed practicing law inEast Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and was judge ofprobate forPlymouth County, Massachusetts, from 1887 to 1906. Harris died in East Bridgewater on February 7, 1907, and was interred in Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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