Life span: 10/04/1819 to 03/30/1881TabsLife SummaryFull name: Benjamin Franklin LoanPlace of Birth: Hardinsburg, KYBurial Place: St. Joseph, MOBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Slave StateFamily: Emeline Elanor Fowler (wife) Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryAttorney or JudgePolitical Parties: RepublicanUnion (Unconditional Union, National Union)Government: US House of RepresentativesMilitary: Union Army Events Major TopicsThirty-Eighth Congress of the United StatesThirty-Ninth Congress of the United StatesFortieth Congress of the United States Documents Images Benjamin Franklin Loan, circa 1864 Benjamin Franklin Loan, circa 1864, detail Bibliography