Boyer, Benjamin Markley

Jurist and two term member of Congress from Pennsylvania's Sixth District.

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Studied law in Carlisle under Judge Reed and passed the bar there in 1844.
    Full name
    Benjamin Markley Boyer
    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
    1
    No. of Children
    4
    Family
    General Philip Boyer (father), Sarah Markley Boyer (mother), Eleanor L. Pryor (wife)
    Education
    University of Pennsylvania
    Other
    Other Education
    Lafayette College
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Whig
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State judge
    Local government
    Military
    Union Army

    Benjamin Markley Boyer (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    BOYER, Benjamin Markley, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pa., January 22, 1823; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1841; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and practiced; deputy attorney general of Montgomery County 1848-1850; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate for renomination in 1868; appointed judge of Montgomery County Court in 1882 and served until his death in Norristown, Pa., August 16, 1887; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
    "Boyer, Benjamin Markley," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000723.
    How to Cite This Page: "Boyer, Benjamin Markley," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5166.