RARE "Maine Congressman" Samuel Benson Hand Written Note For Sale

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RARE "Maine Congressman" Samuel Benson Hand Written Note:
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Up for sale a RARE! "Maine Congressman" Samuel Benson Hand Written Note Dated 1854. 

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Samuel Page Benson (November 28,

1804 – August 12, 1876) was a United was born to Peleg and Sally Benson in Winthrop, Massachusetts (now in Maine)

on November 28, 1804. He received instruction from private teachers and

attended the Monmouth Academy of Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and

commenced practice in Unity. He returned to

Winthrop and practiced law until 1850. He was a railroad builder, and was

secretary of the Androscoggin

& Kennebec Railroad (later the Maine Central Railroad).

Benson was elected member of the Maine House of

Representatives, and served in the Maine State Senate. He was

elected Maine Secretary of State in

1838 and in 1841. He was an overseer of Bowdoin College 1838–1876 and president

of the board for sixteen years. He served as chairman of the Winthop board of selectmen 1844–1848.

Benson was elected as a Whig to the (Thirty-third Congress)

and as an Opposition Party member

to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857). He was chairman

of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-fourth Congress).

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1856. Benson resumed the practice of

law, and died in Yarmouth on August

12, 1876. His interment in Maple Cemetery in Winthrop.

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