Benjamin West (New Hampshire lawyer)
Benjamin West | |
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Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's at-large district | |
Declined to serve | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Abiel Foster |
Personal details | |
Born | Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America | October 20, 1735
Died | July 29, 1817 Charlestown, New Hampshire, U.S. | (aged 71)
Political party | Pro-Administration |
Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Benjamin West (March 28, 1746 – July 29, 1817) was an American lawyer.
Biography
West was born in Tisbury, Massachusetts. In 1768, West graduated from Harvard College; he served briefly as a minister in Wrentham, Massachusetts. West then studied law in New Hampshire. From 1777 to 1779, West worked as a tutor for a planter in Charleston, South Carolina. He then practiced law in Charlestown, New Hampshire. West refused to serve in public office: not in the United States House of Representatives (after the election of 1788-89), nor as New Hampshire Attorney General, or even as probate judge. West also refused membership in the American Antiquarian Society. In 1814, West did serve as a delegate to the Hartford Convention. West died in Charlestown, New Hampshire.[1][2][3]
Notes
- ^ Delegates of the Hartford Convention-Benjamin West
- ^ American Antiquarian Society-Benjamin West
- ^ 'The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire,' Charles H. Bell-editor, Houghton, Mifflin and Company-the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1894, Biographical Sketch of Benjamin West, pg. 727-729
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