Benjamin_Franklin_Howey

Benjamin Franklin Howey

Benjamin Franklin Howey

American politician


Benjamin Franklin Howey (March 17, 1828 – February 6, 1893) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1883 to 1885.

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Early life and career

Howey was born in Pleasant Meadows, near Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.

He engaged in business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a flour and grain commission merchant in 1847 and later in quarrying and manufacturing slate. He served as captain of Company G, Thirty-first Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, from September 3, 1862, to June 26, 1863 and as sheriff of Warren County, New Jersey, from November 13, 1878, to November 15, 1881.

Congress

Howey was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885.

Death

He died in Columbia, New Jersey, and is interred in Trinity Church Cemetery in Swedesboro.

  • United States Congress. "Benjamin Franklin Howey (id: H000869)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-25
  • Benjamin Franklin Howey at The Political Graveyard
  • "Benjamin Franklin Howey". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
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