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  Howard, Benjamin
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AffiliationDemocratic-Republican   
NameBenjamin Howard
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Lexington, Kentucky , United States
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Born 00, 1760
DiedSeptember 18, 1814 (54 years)
ContributorRalphie
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Jan 16, 2011 10:58pm
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InfoHOWARD, Benjamin, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Lexington, Ky. (then a part of Virginia), in 1760; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lexington; member of the Kentucky house of representatives in 1800; elected as a Republican to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1807, to April 10, 1810, when he resigned; Governor of the Territory of Louisiana 1810-1812; appointed a brigadier general in the United States Army March 12, 1813, and given command of the Eighth Military Department, embracing the territory west of the Mississippi River; died in St. Louis, Mo., September 18, 1814; interment in Old Grace Church Graveyard; reinterment in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

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Wife Mary Mason Howard Feb 14, 1811- 00, 1813
Father In-Law Stevens Thomson Mason 1760-1803

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  04/18/1810 Louisiana-Missouri Territorial Governor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/01/1808 KY District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/04/1806 KY District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/06/1804 KY District 5 Lost 38.06% (-23.88%)
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