Benjamin Thompson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Preceded byWilliam Parmenter
Succeeded byJohn G. Palfrey
In office
March 4, 1851 – September 24, 1852
Preceded byJohn G. Palfrey
Succeeded byLorenzo Sabine
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1830-1831
1833-1836
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1841
Personal details
Born(1798-08-05)August 5, 1798
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedSeptember 24, 1852(1852-09-24) (aged 54)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyWhig
OccupationMerchant

Benjamin Thompson (August 5, 1798 – September 24, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Thompson attended the public schools, and then engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1830–1831 and 1833–1836. He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1841.

Thompson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846.

Thompson was elected to the Thirty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in Charlestown, Massachusetts, September 24, 1852. He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam Parmenter Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 Succeeded byJohn G. Palfrey Preceded byJohn G. Palfrey Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1851 – September 24, 1852 Succeeded byLorenzo Sabine
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