Benjamin Seaver

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name =Benjamin Seaver


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order =13th
office =Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
term_start =1852
term_end =1853
predecessor =John P. Bigelow
successor =Jerome V.C. Smith
birth_date =April 12 1795 [Citation |last = Waters | first = Henry Fritz-GilbertWaters | year = 1872 | title = The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal | page = 321 | publisher = New England Historic Genealogical Society | location = Boston, MA | date = 1872]
birth_place =Roxbury, Massachusetts
death_date =February 14 1856 [Citation |last = Waters | first = Henry Fritz-GilbertWaters | year = 1872 | title = The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal | page = 322 | publisher = New England Historic Genealogical Society | location = Boston, MA | date = 1872]
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party =Whig
spouse =Sarah Johnson [Citation |last = Waters | first = Henry Fritz-GilbertWaters | year = 1872 | title = The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal | page = 321 | publisher = New England Historic Genealogical Society | location = Boston, MA | date = 1872]
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children =Benjamin Francis (1820-1868), Henry Gardner (1822-1838), Mary Elizabeth (1825-?), Charles Milton (1829-?). [Citation |last = Waters | first = Henry Fritz-GilbertWaters | year = 1872 | title = The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal | page = 322 | publisher = New England Historic Genealogical Society | location = Boston, MA | date = 1872]
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alma_mater =Roxbury Grammar School [Citation |State Street Trust CompanyWaters | year = 1914 | title = Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done | page = 23 | publisher = State Street Trust Company | location = Boston, MA | date = 1914]
occupation =Auctioneer [Citation |State Street Trust CompanyWaters | year = 1914 | title = Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done | page = 23 | publisher = State Street Trust Company | location = Boston, MA | date = 1914]
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Benjamin Seaver was an American politician, serving as the thirteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1852 to 1853.

Seaver was first elected to represent Boston's Ward 5 as a member of the Common Council in 1845, he was reelected to the Common Council from Ward 5 in 1846 and 1847. In 1848 Seaver moved to Ward 4 and was subsequently elected as a counciler from the new ward in 1848 and 1849.

In July of 1847 Seaver was elected as President of the Common Council and he held that position for the two and a half years that he remained on the City of Boston Common Council. [Citation |last = Waters | first = Henry Fritz-GilbertWaters | year = 1872 | title = The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal | page = 321 | publisher = New England Historic Genealogical Society | location = Boston, MA | date = 1872]

From 1846 to 1848 Seaver served as a member of the Massahcusetts House of Representatives and in 1850 and 1851 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate. [Citation |last = Waters | first = Henry Fritz-GilbertWaters | year = 1872 | title = The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal | page = 322 | publisher = New England Historic Genealogical Society | location = Boston, MA | date = 1872]

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