{{Short description|American politician (1790–1834)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Benjamin F. Deming | image = Benjamin F. Deming cenotaph.jpg | caption = Deming's cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery | jr/sr = | term_start = | term_end = | preceded = | succeeded = | order1 = Member of the <br>United States House of Representatives <br> from Vermont's 5th district | term_start1 = March 4, 1833 | term_end1 = July 11, 1834 | predecessor1 = William Cahoon | successor1 = Henry Fisk Janes | order2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | resting_place = Danville Green Cemetery | state3 = | district3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | preceded3 = | succeeded3 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1790|8|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = Danville, Vermont Republic | death_date = {{Death date and age|1834|7|11|1790|8|12|mf=y}} | death_place = Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S. | state = New York | spouse = Eunice Clark Deming | children = 5 | relatives = Carlos Baxter (son-in-law) | profession = Politician, Merchant | alma_mater = | party = Anti-Masonic }} '''Benjamin F. Deming''' (August 12, 1790{{spnd}}July 11, 1834) was an American merchant and politician. He served briefly as a U.S. representative from Vermont for part of one term from 1833 to 1834.
==Biography== Deming was born in 1790<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NA4ZAQAAMAAJ&q=benjamin+franklin+deming+august+1790+july+1834 The Descendants of Josiah Churchill (c. 1615–1686) and Elizabeth Foote (1616–1700)]</ref> in Danville in the Vermont Republic; he pursued academic studies and became a merchant.
=== Early career === He was the clerk of the Caledonia County Court from 1817 until 1833.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hemenway|first=Abby Maria|title=The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military, Volume 1|year=1867|publisher=The Vermont Historical Gazettee|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_lNQbAQAAMAAJ/page/n307 320]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_lNQbAQAAMAAJ }}</ref> From 1822 until 1833, he was the probate judge in Vermont,<ref>{{cite book|last=Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders|title=Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vt. 1764–1887|year=1887|publisher=Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders|pages=37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkcjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37 }}</ref> and he served as a member of the Governor's council from 1827 until 1832.
=== Congress === Deming was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress, and served from March 4, 1833 until his death on July 11, 1834.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/benjamin_deming/403365|title=Rep. Benjamin Deming|publisher= Govtrack.us|access-date= November 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html|title=Deming, Benjamin F. (1790–1834)|publisher= The Political Graveyard|access-date= November 26, 2012}}</ref>
==Personal life== He married Eunice Clark on June 6, 1816. They had five children together.
==Death== In the summer of 1834, Deming became ill while in Washington, DC and decided to return home. He died in Saratoga Springs, New York en route to his home in Danville. He is interred at the Danville Green Cemetery.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/12113?current_search_qs=%3FPreviousSearch%3DSearch%252cLastName%252c%252c%252c%252c%252cFalse%252cFalse%252cFalse%252c%252cLastName%26CurrentPage%3D224%26SortOrder%3DLastName%26ResultType%3DList%26Command%3D227 United States House of Representatives]</ref>
==See also== * List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)
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==External links==<!-- for current and future use if material is uploaded --> * [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000226 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] * {{Find a Grave|22633835}} – cenotaph at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC * {{Find a Grave|6863757}} – grave at the Danville Green Cemetery, Vermont * [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/benjamin_deming/403365 Govtrack.us] * [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html The Political Graveyard]
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