Benjamin West (New Hampshire lawyer)
Benjamin West (March 28, 1746 – July 29, 1817) was an American lawyer.
Benjamin West | |
|---|---|
| Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's at-large district | |
| Declined to serve | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Abiel Foster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 28, 1746 Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | July 29, 1817 (aged 71) Charlestown, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Political party | Pro-Administration |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Biography
West was born in Tisbury, Massachusetts. In 1768, West graduated from Harvard College; he served briefly as a minister in Wrentham, Massachusetts. West then studied law in New Hampshire. From 1777 to 1779, West worked as a tutor for a planter in Charleston, South Carolina. He then practiced law in Charlestown, New Hampshire. West refused to serve in public office: not in the United States House of Representatives (after the election of 1788-1789), nor as New Hampshire Attorney General, or even as probate judge. West also refused membership in the American Antiquarian Society. In 1814, West did serve as a delegate to the Hartford Convention. West died in Charlestown, New Hampshire.[1][2][3]
Notes
- Delegates of the Hartford Convention-Benjamin West
- American Antiquarian Society-Benjamin West
- 'The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire,' Charles H. Bell-editor, Houghton, Mifflin and Company-the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1894, Biographical Sketch of Benjamin West, pg. 727-729