Benjamin W. Harris

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Former United States Representative

Benjamin Winslow Harris was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Massachusetts. He was the father of Robert Orr Harris. Born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Harris pursued an academic course at Phillips Academy, Andover,... Wikipedia

Born: November 10, 1823, East Bridgewater, MA

Died: February 7, 1907 (age 83 years), East Bridgewater, MA

Party: Republican Party

Books: The Annexation Question: Closing Argument of B.W. Harris, Esq., for the Remonstrants Against the Annexation of Dorchester to Boston, Before the Committee on Towns of the Massachusetts Legislature ... April 27, 1869

Previous offices: Representative (1873–1883), Massachusetts State Representative (1858–1858), and Massachusetts State Senator (1857–1858)

Children: Robert O. Harris

Education: Harvard University and Harvard Law School

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