Member Biography

Benjamin Malone 

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Sessions Office Position District Party
1850       6 Whig
1851       6 Whig
1852       6 Whig

COUNTIES: Bucks  


Biography

10/26/1806 - 12/29/1871


Doctor Benjamin Malone (Whig6) Bucks County, 1850-1852

Early Life:

Doctor Benjamin Malone, born October 26, 1806, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Rachel Lloyd Malone; engaged, medical career, moved, practice Buckingham Township, to Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1845; married, Elizabeth Jacoby; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1850-1852; moved, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; payroll purser, Civil War, Union Army; died, December 29, 1871, (age 65), pneumonia, residence, 1924 Spring Garden Street, 15th Ward, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Employed, Mutual Fire Insurance Company; owner, Malone and Company, flour and grain dealer, Washington Avenue, Philadelphia. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Bucks County, 1850-1852

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Friday, December 29, 1871, page 2. 

Benjamin Malone (1806-1871) - Find a Grave Memorial