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Benjamin Seaver

Benjamin Seaver
Mayor of Boston
In office
January 5, 1852[1] – January 2, 1854[2]
Preceded byJohn P. Bigelow
Succeeded byJerome V. C. Smith
President of the Boston Common Council[4]
In office
July 1, 1847[3] – January 7, 1850[5]
Preceded byGeorge Stillman Hillard[3]
Succeeded byFrancis Brinley[5]
Member of the Boston Common Council[7]
In office
January 3, 1848[6] – January 7, 1850[5]
ConstituencyWard 4
In office
July 6, 1845[8] – January 3, 1848[6]
ConstituencyWard 5
Personal details
BornApril 12, 1795[9]
Roxbury, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 14, 1856(1856-02-14) (aged 60)[10]
Political partyWhig
SpouseSarah Johnson[9]
ChildrenBenjamin Francis (1820-1868), Henry Gardner (1822-1838), Mary Elizabeth (1825-?), Charles Milton (1829-?).[10]
Alma materRoxbury Grammar School[11]
OccupationAuctioneer[11]

Benjamin Seaver (April 12, 1795 – February 14, 1856) was an American politician, serving as the thirteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 5, 1852 to January 2, 1854.[12]

  1. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston (CCC Boston), 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers (printed by Order of the City Council), Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 242
  2. ^ CCC Boston, 1822-1908, p. 244.
  3. ^ a b CCC Boston, 1822-1908, p. 237.
  4. ^ CCC Boston, 1822-1908, pp. 237-240.
  5. ^ a b c CCC Boston, 1822-1908, p. 240.
  6. ^ a b CCC Boston, 1822-1908, p. 238.
  7. ^ CCC Boston, 1822-1908, pp. 235-240.
  8. ^ CCC Boston, 1822-1908, p. 235.
  9. ^ a b Waters, Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1872), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 321
  10. ^ a b Waters (1872), p. 322.
  11. ^ a b Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1914, p. 23
  12. ^ CCC Boston, 1822-1908, pp. 241-244.

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