{{short description|American politician}} {{for-multi|the British trade union leader|Benjamin Dean (trade unionist)|the British children's writer|Benjamin Dean (writer)|the Vermont attorney and politician|Benjamin W. Dean}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Benjamin Dean | image = Benjamin Dean - Brady-Handy.jpg | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district|3rd]] | term_start1 = March 28, 1878 | term_end1 = March 3, 1879 | preceded1 = [[Walbridge A. Field]] | succeeded1 = [[Walbridge A. Field]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term2 = 1862-1863<br>1869 | birth_date = {{birth date|1824|8|14}} | birth_place = [[Clitheroe]], Lancashire, England, U.K. | death_date = {{death date and age|1897|4|9|1824|8|14}} | death_place = [[South Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | signature = Signature of Benjamin Dean (1824–1897).png | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Benjamin Dean''' (August 14, 1824 &ndash; April 9, 1897) was a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]].

==Early life==

Born in [[Clitheroe]], Lancashire, England, U.K., fifth child of Alice Lofthouse and Benjamin Dean, he moved with his family to America at the age of five, and grew up in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WgRQa9f8MWgC&pg=PA206 |title=Boston of To-Day: A Glance at Its History and Characteristics |publisher=Post Publishing Company |page=206 |place=Boston |date=1892 |access-date=2023-05-17 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

He attended Lowell schools and [[Dartmouth College]]. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar, and founded the Lowell firm of Dean & Dinsmoor, Attorneys. Dean continued his practice after moving to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] in 1852.

==Public service==

Dean served in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] and on the Common Council of the City of Boston. In the Massachusetts Senate he was one of two votes against the 14th Amendment in 1869.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=NkdpfCtIfU4C&pg=PA493&dq="Alonzo+M.+Giles"&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC1eSxiuuTAxUfnCYFHQyoArsQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q="Alonzo%20M.%20Giles"&f=false</ref> Dean was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[45th United States Congress]], serving from 1878 to 1879. Dean was not a candidate for [[United States House election, 1878|reëlection in 1878]]. Thereafter he resumed his law practice in Boston, and was chairman of the board of parks commissioners in his later years.

==Personal life==

Dean was married to Mary Anne French, daughter of Lowell Mayor [[Josiah B. French|Josiah Bowers French]] and a descendant of the [[John Cotton (puritan)|Cotton]] and [[Increase Mather|Mather]] families of [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts Bay]]. They had six children, including marine artist [[Walter Lofthouse Dean]] and Judge Josiah French Dean.

A 33-degree [[Freemasonry|Mason]], he served as grand master of the Grand Commandery of the United States from 1880 to 1883; and attended the Tricentennial Conclave in San Francisco in 1883 with his wife and youngest daughter, Mary.

He was a member of the [[Hull Yacht Club|Boston Yacht Club]] and owned [[Outer Brewster Island]]. Dean died at his home in [[South Boston]] on April 9, 1897, and is buried at [[Lowell Cemetery (Lowell, Massachusetts)|Lowell Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-at-break-of-day/124889046/ |title=At Break of Day |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=3 |date=1897-04-09 |access-date=2023-05-17 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==See also== * [[84th Massachusetts General Court (1863)]] * [[90th Massachusetts General Court (1869)]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{CongBio|D000170}}

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