Benjamin Eggleston (January 3, 1816 – February 9, 1888) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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.
Life and career
Born in
Corinth, New York
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, Eggleston completed preparatory studies. He moved with his parents to
Hocking County, Ohio, in 1831. He moved to
Cleveland
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and worked on a
canal boat, later becoming an owner of boats and interested in several companies. He settled in
Cincinnati
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in 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected presiding officer of the city council of Cincinnati. He served as delegate to the
Republican National Convention
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in 1860.
Presidential elector
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for
Lincoln/
Hamlin Hamlin may refer to:
Places
* Hamlin, Iowa, a city
* Hamlin, Kansas, a city
* Hamlin, Kentucky, a town
* Hamlin, Maine, a town
* Hamlin, Michigan, a former community
* Hamlin, New York, a town
** Hamlin (CDP), New York, a census-designated pl ...
in 1860.
[ Smith 1898 : 124] He served as member of the
Ohio Senate
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1862–1865.
Eggleston was elected as a
Republican to the
Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the
Forty-first Congress. He again served in the Ohio Senate in 1880 and 1881. He resumed mercantile pursuits. He died in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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, February 9, 1888. He was interred in
Spring Grove Cemetery.
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1816 births
1888 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Politicians from Cincinnati
Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery
People from Corinth, New York
Cincinnati City Council members
Republican Party Ohio state senators
1860 United States presidential electors
People from Hocking County, Ohio
19th-century American politicians