Benjamin Eggleston

Benjamin Eggleston (January 3, 1816 – February 9, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Benjamin Eggleston
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district
In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by	George H. Pendleton
Succeeded by	Peter W. Strader
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 1st district
In office January 6, 1862 – March 3, 1865 Serving with Thomas H. Whetstone William S. Groesbeck Joshua H. Bates
Preceded by	Thomas W. Key George W. Holmes E. A. Ferguson
Succeeded by	W. M. Bateman S. L. Hayden
In office January 5, 1880 – January 1, 1882 Serving with Charles Fleishman Josiah Kirby
Preceded by	William T. Forrest James M. Armstrong Henry C. Lord Theodore Marsh
Succeeded by	W. M. Yeatman Lewis Balluf Julius Dexter
Personal details
Born	(1816-01-03)January 3, 1816 Corinth, New York, U.S.
Died	February 9, 1888(1888-02-09) (aged 72) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Resting place	Spring Grove Cemetery
Political party	Republican

Life and career

Born in Corinth, New York, Eggleston completed preparatory studies. He moved with his parents to Hocking County, Ohio, in 1831. He moved to Cleveland and worked on a canal boat, later becoming an owner of boats and interested in several companies. He settled in Cincinnati in 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected presiding officer of the city council of Cincinnati. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. Presidential elector for Lincoln/Hamlin in 1860.^[1] He served as member of the Ohio Senate 1862–1865.

Eggleston was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress. He again served in the Ohio Senate in 1880 and 1881. He resumed mercantile pursuits. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 9, 1888. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.