Benjamin Franklin Meyers, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Franklin Meyers

American politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1833

Date of Death: 11-Aug-1918

Profession: lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Benjamin Franklin Meyers (July 6, 1833 – August 11, 1918) was a Democratic member of the U.S.
House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Benjamin F.
Meyers was born near New Centerville, Pennsylvania.
He attended Somerset Academy and Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (now Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania).
He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1855.
He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1864.
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1864, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, and 1900.
He was the editor of the Bedford Gazette and in 1868 of the Harrisburg Daily Patriot. Meyers was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872.
He served as postmaster of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by appointment of President Grover Cleveland from 1886 to 1891.
He was publisher of the Daily Star Independent in Harrisburg.
He was engaged in public utilities, and died in Harrisburg in 1918.
Interment in Harrisburg Cemetery.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat