Silliman, Benjamin D. (Benjamin Douglas), 1805-1901
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Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) was a prominent Brooklyn lawyer and politician. He represented Kings County in the New York State Assembly in 1838, was U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1865 to 1866, was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1872, and was a Republican candidate for New York State Attorney General in 1873, among other accomplishments.
From the guide to the Benjamin D. Silliman property dispute report, 1846, (Brooklyn Historical Society)
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associatedWith | Berry, Richard |
associatedWith | Bodley family. |
associatedWith | Brooklyn Society of New England Women. |
associatedWith | Gowanus Bridge Company. |
associatedWith | Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894. |
associatedWith | Izard, Allen S. (Allen Smith), 1810-1879. |
associatedWith | King family |
associatedWith | King family. |
associatedWith | New England Society in the City of Brooklyn. |
associatedWith | New England Society in the City of New York. |
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Birth 1805
Death 1901
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