Benjamin Thompson (politician)
- Benjamin Thompson (politician)
Benjamin Thompson (August 5, 1798 – September 24, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts,, Thompson attended the public schools.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1830-1831 and 1833-1836.He served in the State senate in 1841.
Thompson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846.
Thompson was elected to the Thirty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in Charlestown, Massachusetts, September 24, 1852.He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C..
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