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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutTALLMADGE, Benjamin
(1754—1835)
TALLMADGE, Benjamin, (father of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Brookhaven, Long Island, N.Y., February 25, 1754; moved to Litchfield, Conn., in 1783; was graduated from Yale College in 1773; superintendent of Wethersfield High School 1773-1776; commissioned lieutenant in the Continental Line June 20, 1776; promoted to captain of dragoons December 15, 1776, major April 7, 1777, and colonel September 5, 1779; was appointed postmaster at Litchfield, Conn., in 1792; first president of the Phoenix Branch Bank; treasurer and later president of the Society of the Cincinnati; elected as a Federalist to the Seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1817); declined to be a candidate for renomination; engaged in mercantile pursuits and was an importer; also interested in banking; died in Litchfield, Conn., March 7, 1835; interment in the East Cemetery.
Bibliography
Tallmadge, Benjamin. Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge
. New York: T. Holman book and printer, 1858. Reprint, edited by Henry Phelps Johnston, Gilliss Press, 1904.
Hall, Charles Swain. Benjamin Tallmadge, Revolutionary Soldier and American Businessman
. New York: Columbia University Press, 1943.
Seth, Ronald. In Some of My Favorite Spies,
pp. 27-45. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1968.
Tallmadge, Benjamin. Address to the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati on the death of George Washington
. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Privately printed, 1885.
———. Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge
. New York: T. Holman, book and job printer, 1858. Reprint, edited by Henry Phelps Johnston, New York: Gilliss Press, 1904.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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