Ben C. Eastman

Ben C. Eastman (October 24, 1812 – February 2, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses.[1]

Ben C. Eastman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byOrsamus Cole
Succeeded byCadwallader C. Washburn
Member of the Grant County
Board of Supervisors
In office
January 1, 1849 – January 1, 1850
Personal details
Born(1812-10-24)October 24, 1812
Strong, Massachusetts (now Maine)
DiedFebruary 2, 1856(1856-02-02) (aged 43)
Platteville, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCharlotte Sophia Sewall
Parents
  • Samuel Eastman (father)
  • Jane (Hitchcock) Eastman (mother)

Biography

Born in Strong in Massachusetts' District of Maine, Eastman attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory. He moved to Platteville, the same year and continued the practice of law and then served as secretary of the legislative council of Wisconsin Territory 1843–1846. He served one term on the Board of Supervisors of Grant County.

In 1850, Eastman ran for Congress on the Democratic ticket in the 2nd District, which, in 1850, covered a wide swath of western Wisconsin. He defeated Whig incumbent Orsamus Cole, and went on to serve in the thirty-second Congress. He was re-elected in 1852. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854, and resumed the practice of law.

He died in Platteville on February 2, 1856[2] after an illness of several weeks,[3] He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin.

Sources
  1. "Wisconsin Historical Society-Ben C. Eastman". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  2. "Ben C. Eastman". Daily Free Democrat. February 6, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved June 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Illness of Hon. Ben C. Eastman". Waukesha Plain Dealer. February 5, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access


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