BENJAMIN TUCKER EAMES

Eames, Benjamin Tucker (1818-1901), a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., June 4, 1818; attended the common schools of Providence, R.I., and academies in Massachusetts and Connecticut; employed as a bookkeeper for several years; was graduated from Yale College in 1843; engaged as a teacher in the academy at North Attleboro, studying law at the same time; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Providence, R.I.; recording and reading clerk of the State house of representatives 1845-1850; member of the State senate 1854-1857, 1863, and again in 1864; one of the commissioners on the revision of the public laws of the State of Rhode Island in 1857; served in the State house of representatives in 1859, 1860, 1868, and 1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Forty-third Congress); was not a candidate for renomination; again a member of the State house of representatives 1879-1881; again served in the State senate in 1884 and 1885; died in East Greenwich, Kent County, R.I., October 6, 1901; interment in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
Mother: Sarah [possibly Tucker]] b. abt 1790
Birthplace: Connecticut
Spouse: Laura Southwick Chapin
Born: 4 Oct 1824 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Died: 1 Oct 1872
Marriage: 9 May 1849
Children Sex Birth
William Chapin Eames M 3 Dec 1857
Waldo C Eames M b. abt 1859 Rhode Island
Charles M Eames M b. abt 1852 Rhode Island

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell