Benjamin West (New Hampshire lawyer)

Benjamin West
Member-elect of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's at-large district
Declined to serve
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byAbiel Foster
Personal details
Born(1746-03-28)March 28, 1746
Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedJuly 29, 1817(1817-07-29) (aged 71)
Charlestown, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political partyPro-Administration
EducationHarvard University (BA)

Benjamin West (March 28, 1746 – July 29, 1817) was an American lawyer.

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

  1. ^ Delegates of the Hartford Convention-Benjamin West
  2. ^ American Antiquarian Society-Benjamin West
  3. ^ '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
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