Benjamin Seaver | |
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Mayor of Boston | |
In office January 5, 1852 [1] – January 2, 1854 [2] | |
Preceded by | John P. Bigelow |
Succeeded by | Jerome V. C. Smith |
President of the Boston Common Council [4] | |
In office July 1, 1847 [3] – January 7, 1850 [5] | |
Preceded by | George Stillman Hillard [3] |
Succeeded by | Francis Brinley [5] |
Member of the Boston Common Council [7] | |
In office January 3, 1848 [6] – January 7, 1850 [5] | |
Constituency | Ward 4 |
In office July 6, 1845 [8] – January 3, 1848 [6] | |
Constituency | Ward 5 |
Personal details | |
Born | April 12, 1795
[9] Roxbury, Massachusetts |
Died | February 14, 1856[10] | (aged 60)
Political party | Whig |
Spouse | Sarah Johnson [9] |
Children | Benjamin Francis (1820-1868), Henry Gardner (1822-1838), Mary Elizabeth (1825-?), Charles Milton (1829-?). [10] |
Alma mater | Roxbury Grammar School [11] |
Occupation | Auctioneer [11] |
Benjamin Seaver (April 12, 1795 – February 14, 1856) was an American politician, serving as the thirteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 5, 1852 to January 2, 1854. [12]
Seaver was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts [13] In 1812 Seaver became an apprentice at the auction and commission store of Whitwell & Bond. [13] In 1816 Seaver became a partner in the firm which was renamed Whitwell, Bond & Co. [13] In 1818, Seaver purchased 5 shares of the Suffolk Bank, a clearinghouse bank on State Street in Boston. [14]
Seaver married Sarah Johnson. [9]
Seaver was first elected to represent Boston's Ward 5 as a member of the Boston Common Council in 1845. He was reelected to the Common Council from Ward 5 in 1846 and 1847. In 1848 Seaver moved to Ward 4 and was subsequently elected as a councilor from the new ward in 1848 and 1849.
In July 1847 Seaver was elected as the president of the Common Council and held that position for the two and a half years that he remained on the City of Boston Common Council. [9]
From 1846 to 1848 Seaver served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in 1850 and 1851 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate. [10]