http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Benjamin_Howland 2026-05-11T00:54:58Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Benjamin_Howland&diff=2841392&oldid=prev 2024-12-11T00:22:42Z

<p>added <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=Category:19th-century_members_of_the_Rhode_Island_General_Assembly&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:19th-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly (page does not exist)">Category:19th-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American politician (1755–1821)}}<br /> {{About||the basketball coach|Ben Howland}}<br /> {{Infobox Officeholder<br /> |name = Benjamin Howland<br /> |jr/sr1 = United States Senator<br /> |state1 = [[Rhode Island]]<br /> |term_start1 = October 29, 1804<br /> |term_end1 = March 3, 1809<br /> |predecessor1 = [[Samuel J. Potter]]<br /> |successor1 = [[Francis Malbone]]<br /> |office2 = Member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]]<br /> |term2 = 1810<br /> |birth_date = {{birth date|1755|7|27}}<br /> |birth_place = [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], [[Rhode Island]]<br /> |death_date = {{death date and age|1821|5|1|1755|7|27}}<br /> |death_place = [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], [[Rhode Island]]<br /> |party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Benjamin Howland&#039;&#039;&#039; (July 27, 1755 – May 1, 1821) was a [[United States senator]] from [[Rhode Island]]. Born in [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, was collector of taxes in 1801, town [[auditor]] in 1802, and town [[Moderator (town official)|moderator]] in 1805. He was a member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]] in 1810 and a [[general officer|general]] in the State militia during the [[War of 1812]].<br /> <br /> Howland was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Samuel J. Potter]] and served from October 29, 1804, until March 3, 1809. He died in Tiverton in 1821; interment was in the family lot on his estate.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Portal|Rhode Island}}<br /> {{CongBio|H000870}}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-par|us-sen}}<br /> {{U.S. Senator box<br /> | state= Rhode Island<br /> | class=1<br /> | before=[[Samuel J. Potter]]|<br /> | after=[[Francis Malbone]]|<br /> | years=1804–1809<br /> | alongside= [[Christopher Ellery]], [[James Fenner]], [[Elisha Mathewson]]}}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> {{USSenRI}}<br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Howland, Benjamin}}<br /> [[Category:1755 births]]<br /> [[Category:1821 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:People from Tiverton, Rhode Island]]<br /> [[Category:American militiamen in the War of 1812]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives]]<br /> [[Category:United States senators from Rhode Island]]<br /> [[Category:Rhode Island Democratic-Republicans]]<br /> [[Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States senators]]<br /> [[Category:American militia generals]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century United States senators]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly]]</div>

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