Benjamin Pickman, Jr.
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Benjamin Pickman, Jr. (September 30, 1763 - August 16, 1843) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts,, Pickman was graduated from Harvard University in 1784. He studied law in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar, but soon relinquished the practice of law and engaged in commercial pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1797-1802, 1812, and 1813. He served in the State senate in 1803. He served as member of the executive council of the State in 1805, 1808, 1813, 1814, and 1819-1821.
Pickman was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1811). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1810. He served as member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State of Massachusetts in 1820. He served as overseer of Harvard University 1810-1818. He served as president of the board of directors of the Theological School at Cambridge. He died in Salem, Massachusetts, August 16, 1843. He was interred with his Pickman ancestors in Salem's Broad Street Cemetery.
