Biography

1780 - 03/04/1861

MARTIN, Benjamin, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born circa 1780 in Philadelphia County, Pa.; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1819); chair, school board, Southwark (1820, 1852); unsuccessful campaign, Inspector, Southwark (1824); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1827-1828, 1828-1829 and 1829-1830 terms; appointed, Steward of the Lazaretto (1832-1833); unsuccessful campaign, guardian of the poor, Southwark (1851); died, March 4, 1861 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Lafayette Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.