Benjamin Le Fevre

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Benjamin Le Fevre

Personal details
Born	(1838-10-08)October 8, 1838 Maplewood, Ohio
Died	March 7, 1922(1922-03-07) (aged 83) Atlantic City, New Jersey
Resting place	Glen Cemetery in Salem Township
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	Union Army
Rank	Brevet Brigadier General
Unit	15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Benjamin Le Fevre (October 8, 1838 – March 7, 1922) was a nineteenth-century politician from Ohio.

Biography

Born near Maplewood, Ohio, Le Fevre attended Miami University in 1858 and 1859 and studied law in Sidney, Ohio. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army in 1861, serving until the end of the war, being mustered out as major of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and a brevetted brigadier general. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1865, was nominated a Democrat for Secretary of State of Ohio in 1866 and was United States consul in Nuremberg, Bavaria from 1867 to 1869. Le Fevre was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1878, serving from 1879 to 1887, not being a candidate for renomination in 1886. Afterwards, he was a mail contract agent for the Erie Railroad, had retired from political activities and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Salem Township, Ohio.

Le Fevre died in Atlantic City, New Jersey on March 7, 1922 and was interned in Glen Cemetery in Salem Township.

Offices and distinctions

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Americus V. Rice	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Succeeded by George E. Seney
Preceded by Emanuel Shultz	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th congressional district March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Succeeded by Charles M. Anderson
Preceded by George E. Seney	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Succeeded by George E. Seney

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 2352695 LCCN: nr94031468

Persondata
Name	Le Fevre, Benjamin
Alternative names
Short description	Union Army general, politician
Date of birth	October 8, 1838
Place of birth	Maplewood, Ohio
Date of death	March 7, 1922
Place of death	Atlantic City, New Jersey

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