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Benjamin, John Forbes

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 23, 1817, in Cicero, N. Y. He was a member of the state legislature of Missouri in 1850 and 1852; was presidential elector in 1856; and enlisted in the union cavalry service as a private in 1861, and was subsequently captain, major, lieutenantcolonel, and brigadier-general. He was provost marshal of the eighth district of Missouri in 1863 and 1864; was delegate at large from Missouri to the Baltimore convention in 1864; and was elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth, and fortyfirst congresses. He died March 8, 1877, in Washington, D. C.