Benjamin Le Fevre (October 8, 1838 – March 7, 1922) was a nineteenth-century American politician and

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veteran from

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. He served four terms in the

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from 1879 to 1887.

Biography

Born near Maplewood, Ohio, Le Fevre attended

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in 1858 and 1859 and studied law in

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Civil War

At the outbreak of the

, he enlisted in the

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in 1861, serving until the end of the war, being mustered out as

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of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Political career

He was a member of the

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in 1865 and was nominated as a

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for

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in 1866. He was United States

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from 1867 to 1869.

Congress

Le Fevre was elected a

to the

in 1878, serving from 1879 to 1887, not being a candidate for renomination in 1886.

Later career and death

Afterwards, he was a mail contract agent for the

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, had retired from political activities and engaged in

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pursuits in

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. Le Fevre died in

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on March 7, 1922 and was interred in Glen Cemetery in Salem Township.

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