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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsBenjamin Franklin THOMAS
(1813-1878)
THOMAS, Benjamin Franklin,
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass.,
February 12, 1813; moved with his parents to Worcester in 1819;
attended Lancaster Academy, and was graduated from Brown
University, Providence, R.I., in 1830; studied law in Cambridge,
Mass.; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in
Worcester, Mass.; held several local offices; member of the State
house of representatives in 1842; commissioner of bankruptcy in
1842; judge of probate 1844-1848; presidential elector on the Whig
ticket in 1848; judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court from 1853
to 1859, when he resigned; continued the practice of law in Boston,
Mass.; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles F. Adams and
served from June 11, 1861, to March 3, 1863; declined a
renomination; again engaged in the practice of law; nominated by
Governor Bullock for chief justice of the supreme court of
Massachusetts in 1868, but the nomination was not confirmed by the
council; died at his home in Beverly Farms, Mass., September 27,
1878; interment in Forrest Hill Cemetery, Boston, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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