Benjamin S. Bonsall

Benjamin S. Bonsall

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1826-1827 Representative Democrat
1827-1828 Representative Democrat
1828-1829 Representative Democrat
Counties Philadelphia City

Biography

1788 - 08/27/1837


BONSALL, Benjamin S., a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, 1788; unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Philadelphia County (1823, 1824); elected, auditor, Philadelphia County (1824); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1826-1827, 1827-1828 and 1828-1829 terms; United States Marshal, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1832-1837); appointed, alderman, Philadelphia (1833); director, Valley Rail Road (1835-1836); died, August 27, 1837 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Friends Western Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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