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Life Summary
Full name
Benjamin Franklin Flanders
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
6
Family
Joseph Flanders (father), Rachel Relief Brown Flanders (mother), Susan H. Sawyer (wife)
Other Education
Dartmouth College (NH)
Occupation
Politician
Businessman
Educator
Journalist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Episcopalian
Political Parties
Republican
Other Affiliations
Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
Government
Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
Grant Administration (1869-77)
US House of Representatives
Governor
Local government
Military
Union Army
