Benjamin F. Prescott

Infobox Governor
name = Benjamin Franklin Prescott


order = 44th
office = Governor of New Hampshire
term_start = 1877
term_end = 1879
lieutenant =
predecessor = Person Colby Cheney
successor = Nathaniel Head
birth_date = February 26, 1833
birth_place = Epping, New Hampshire
death_date = February 21, 1894
death_place = Concord, New Hampshire
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
religion =

Benjamin Franklin Prescott (February 26, 1833–February 21, 1894) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician from Epping, New Hampshire. Born in 1833 in Epping, he served two terms as a governor of New Hampshire. He died in 1894 in Concord, New Hampshire.

He was an alumnus and trustee of Dartmouth College. [cite web |url=http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/glikeness/presbenj.html |title=Benjamin F. Prescott |work=A Guide to Likenesses of New Hampshire Officials and Governors on Public Display at the Legislative Office Building and the State House Concord, New Hampshire, to 1998 |publisher=NH.gov |accessdate=2007-08-20 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/glikeness/presbenj.html Prescott at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources]

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