About Benjamin Franklin Hayes
Lived 1835 – 1901 (aged 65). Benjamin Franklin Hayes was an American politician.
Benjamin Franklin Hayes (July 3, 1836 – January 31, 1901) was an American judge, state representative, and state senator from Medford, Massachusetts.
Early life Hayes was born in Berwick, Maine on July 3, 1836, to Frederick and Sarah (Hurd) Hayes, active Free Will Baptists. He attended the New Hampton School and then studied the law for a year with Wade & Eastman in Great Falls, New Hampshire in 1859-60 before entering the Harvard Law School.
Career He was admitted to the Suffolk County, Massachusetts bar in 1861 while still in law school and then worked for Baker & Sullivan in Boston and lived in Medford. His brothers Frederick Hayes and Dr. John Alfred Hayes, a surgeon, were notable Civil War veterans.
Benjamin Franklin Hayes died at his home in Medford on January 31, 1901.
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politician in Massachusetts, US (1835-1901)
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Benjamin Franklin Hayes was born on 3 July 1835 in Berwick.
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Benjamin Franklin Hayes died on 31 January 1901 in Medford.
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