Benjamin W. Harris

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Benjamin Winslow Harris
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byOakes Ames
Succeeded byJohn Davis Long
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1858
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1857-1858
Personal details
BornNovember 10, 1823
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA
DiedFebruary 7, 1907 (aged 83)
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Judge

Benjamin Winslow Harris (November 10, 1823 – February 7, 1907) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Massachusetts.[1] He was the father of Robert Orr Harris.

Born in

Boston, Massachusetts, in 1850, commencing practice in East Bridgewater. He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1857, was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1858, was district attorney for the southeastern district of Massachusetts from 1858 to 1866 and was collector of internal revenue for the second district of Massachusetts
from 1866 to 1873.

Harris was elected a

probate for Plymouth County, Massachusetts
, from 1887 to 1906. Harris died in East Bridgewater on February 7, 1907, and was interred in Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater.

References

  1. ^ The Collector. W.R. Benjamin. 1902.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883 		Succeeded by

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