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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Benjamin T. Biggs |
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Middletown, Delaware , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 01, 1821
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| Died | December 25, 1893
(72 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BIGGS, Benjamin Thomas, a Representative from Delaware; born near Summit Bridge, New Castle County, Del., October 1, 1821; attended the public schools and Pennington Seminary in New Jersey; taught school for a short time and later attended the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State constitutional convention in 1853; became interested in railroad operations and was a director of the Kent & Queen Annes Railroad; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress
U.S. House (D-DE) 1869-1873; was not a candidate for renomination in 1872
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872
Governor (D-DE) 1887-1891
Died in Middletown, New Castle County, Del., December 25, 1893; interment in Bethel Cemetery, near Chesapeake City, Cecil County, Md.
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