Benjamin F. Leiter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin F. Leiter

American politician

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1813

Place of Birth: Leitersburg, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1866

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Benjamin Franklin Leiter (October 13, 1813 – June 17, 1866) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, teacher and justice of the peace from Ohio. Born in Leitersburg, Maryland, Leiter received a limited schooling as a child.
He taught school in Maryland from 1830 to 1834 before moving to Ohio where he continued teaching from 1834 to 1842.
He studied law at the office of David A.
Starkweather.
He was admitted to the bar in 1842, commencing practice in Canton, Ohio.
Leiter was a justice of the peace and mayor of Canton for ten years.
He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849, serving as Speaker of the House in the latter year.
Leiter was elected an Oppositionist and later Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1854, serving from 1855 to 1859.
He died in Canton, Ohio on June 17, 1866 and was interred in Canton in West Lawn Cemetery. In 1836, Leiter married Catherine Burger of Canton.
They had seven children.
He was a Lutheran.

Julian Vannerson (1827–1875)
Alternative names	Julius Vannerson; J. Vannerson
Description	American photographer and war photographer
Date of birth/death	1827	1875
Work period	between circa 1853 and circa circa 1864 date QS:P,+1864-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q12071942 VIAF: 261277991 ISNI: 0000 0003 8152 1221 ULAN: 500106599 LCCN: n91089894 RKD: 409276 WorldCat