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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkBenjamin WALKER
(1753-1818)
WALKER, Benjamin, a
Representative from New York; born in London, England, in 1753;
attended the Blue-Coat School; immigrated to the United States and
settled in New York City; served in the Revolutionary War as
aide-de-camp to General von Steuben and subsequently as a member of
the staff of General Washington; naval officer of customs at the
port of New York from March 21, 1791, to February 20, 1798; moved
to Fort Schuyler (now Utica), N.Y., in 1797; agent of the great
landed estate of the Earl of Bath; elected as a Federalist to the
Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803); declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1802; died in Utica, N.Y., January
13, 1818; interment in the Old Village Burying Ground on Water
Street; reinterment, June 17, 1875, in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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