Biography

04/17/1792 - 12/04/1860

RIEGEL, Benjamin, a Representative from Bucks County; born, April 17, 1792 in Northampton County, Pa.; miller; elected as an Anti-Mason to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1830-1831 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1833); reelected to the House for the 1834-1835 and 1835-1836 terms; founding officer and co-owner, Riegelsville Delaware Bridge Company (1836-1860); died, December 4, 1860 in Riegelsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Riegelsville Union Cemetery, Riegelsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.