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Benjamin Bennet

Democratic Republican Representative of New Jersey

  • Representative

    New Jersey

    December 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817

  • Representative

    New Jersey

    December 1, 1817 - March 3, 1819

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

October 31, 1764 (75 years old)

Birthday

October 8, 1840

Death

  • American politician and U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
  • Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  • Attended common schools and studied theology.
  • Ordained as a minister in 1793 and served as pastor of a Baptist church.
  • Engaged in agricultural pursuits alongside his ministerial duties.
  • Elected to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses, serving from 1815 to 1819.
  • After his congressional service, returned to farming.
  • Died on his farm near Middletown Township and was buried in a local cemetery.