Benjamin Thompson (August 5, 1798 – September 24, 1852) was a

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. Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Thompson attended the public schools, and then engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the

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1830–1831 and 1833–1836. He served in the

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in 1841. Thompson was elected as a Whig to the

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(March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846. Thompson was elected to the

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and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in Charlestown, Massachusetts, September 24, 1852. He was interred in the

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, Washington, D.C.

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