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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsBenjamin Winslow HARRIS
(1823-1907)
HARRIS, Benjamin Winslow,
(father of Robert Orr Harris), a Representative from Massachusetts;
born in East Bridgewater, Mass., November 10, 1823; pursued an
academic course and was graduated from Dane Law School, Harvard
University, in 1849; was admitted to the bar in Boston in 1850 and
commenced practice in East Bridgewater; served in the State senate
in 1857; member of the State house of representatives in 1858;
district attorney for the southeastern district of Massachusetts
from July 1, 1858, to June 30, 1866; collector of internal revenue
for the second district of Massachusetts from June 30, 1866, to
March 1, 1873; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to
the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883);
chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the practice of
law in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County; judge of probate for the
county of Plymouth 1887-1906; died in East Bridgewater, Mass., on
February 7, 1907; interment in Union Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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