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Sessions Office Position District Party
1855 Chief Clerk Chief Clerk
1864 Chief Clerk Chief Clerk
1865 Chief Clerk Chief Clerk
1866 Chief Clerk Chief Clerk
1867 Chief Clerk Chief Clerk
Counties Huntingdon

Biography

01/29/1808 - 04/28/1867


BENEDICT, Adin W., a Clerk from Huntingdon County; born, January 29, 1808 in Huntingdon County, Pa.; lawyer; publisher and editor, Huntingdon Journal (1835-1839); elected, county representative, State Democratic Convention (1838); deputy secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1850-1852); elected, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (January 4, 1855-January 1, 1856, January 6, 1864-April 28, 1867); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1863 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1864 term; died, April 28, 1867 in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.


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