- Benjamin H. Brewster
Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Benjamin Harris Brewster
order=38th
title=United States Attorney General
term_start=December 16 ,1881
term_end=March 4 ,1885
predecessor=Wayne MacVeagh
successor=Augustus H. Garland
birth_date=birth date|1816|10|13|mf=y
birth_place=Salem, New Jersey , U.S.
death_date=death date and age|1888|4|4|1816|9|13
death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S.
party=Republican
spouse=
profession=Lawyer ,Politician Benjamin Harris Brewster (
October 13 ,1816 –April 4 ,1888 ) was an attorney and politician fromNew Jersey , who served asUnited States Attorney General from 1881 - 1885.Education
Born in
Salem, New Jersey , he graduated fromPrinceton College in 1834 and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838. [ [http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/arthur/essays/cabinet/369 Benjamin H. Brewster (1882 - 1885): Attorney General] ,Miller Center of Public Affairs . AccessedNovember 27 ,2007 .]Career
In 1846 Brewster was appointed commissioner by President
James K. Polk to adjudicate the claims of theCherokee against the U.S. federal government. He was appointedAttorney General ofPennsylvania in 1867 by GovernorJohn W. Geary .He was chief prosecutor in the case of the
U.S. Postal Service 's Star Route Frauds.Chester A. Arthur appointed BrewsterAttorney General of the United States in 1881, and he held that office for the duration of Arthur's term.Brewster, a son-in-law of fellow
Presidential Cabinet SecretaryRobert John Walker , died inPhiladelphia in 1888 and is buried inWoodlands Cemetery in that city.References
External links
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