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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsBenjamin GORHAM
(1775-1855)
GORHAM, Benjamin, (son of
Nathaniel Gorham), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Charlestown, Mass., February 13, 1775; pursued preparatory studies;
was graduated from Harvard University in 1795; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; member
of the State house of representatives 1814-1818; served in the
State senate from May 26, 1819, to January 10, 1821, when he
resigned; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Mason; reelected
as Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and served from November
6, 1820, to March 3, 1823; again a member of the State senate for
one term beginning May 28, 1823; elected as an Adams candidate to
the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Daniel Webster; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to
the Twenty-first Congress and served from July 23, 1827, to March
3, 1831; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress
(March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); again a member of the State house of
representatives in 1841; resumed the practice of law; died in
Boston, Mass., September 27, 1855; interment in the old burial
ground of Phipps Street Cemetery, Charlestown, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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