Eggleston, Benjamin

Self-made millionaire and two term member of Congress for Ohio's First District.

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Benjamin Eggleston
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    1
    No. of Spouses
    2
    No. of Children
    4
    Family

    Benjamin Eggleston (father), Ester Archer Eggleston (mother), Lucinda M. Wagner (first wife - died 1864 - one child), Mary E. Davis (second wife - three children)

    Occupation
    Politician
    Businessman
    Writer or Artist
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Baptist
    Political Parties
    Whig
    Republican
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Local government
    How to Cite This Page: "Eggleston, Benjamin," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/47281.