Biography

05/15/1787 - 06/04/1867

ADAMS, Benjamin, a Representative from Beaver County; born, May 15, 1787 in Allegheny County, Pa.; proprietor, general store; elected, commissioner, Beaver County (1829); president, Democratic County Committee (1831); elected, treasurer, Beaver County (1832-1834); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representative for the 1832-1833 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1833); appointed, associate judge, Beaver County (1842); died, June 4, 1867 in Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; interred, Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.