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Benjamin Dean (August 14, 1824 – April 9, 1897) was a member of the
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from
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.


Early life

Born in
Clitheroe Clitheroe () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for to ...
, Lancashire, England, U.K., fifth child of Alice Lofthouse and Benjamin Dean, he moved with his family to America at the age of five, and grew up in
Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, it is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in ...
. He attended Lowell schools and
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. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar, and founded the Lowell firm of Dean & Dinsmoor, Attorneys. Dean continued his practice after moving to
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in 1852.


Public service

Dean served in the
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and on the Common Council of the City of Boston. Dean was elected as a Democrat to the
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, serving from 1878 to 1879. Dean was not a candidate for reëlection in 1878. Thereafter he resumed his law practice in Boston, and was chairman of the board of parks commissioners in his later years.


Personal life

Dean was married to Mary Anne French, daughter of Lowell Mayor Josiah Bowers French and a descendant of the
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and Mather families of
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. They had six children, including marine artist Walter Lofthouse Dean and Judge Josiah French Dean. A 33-degree Mason, he served as grand master of the Grand Commandery of the United States from 1880 to 1883; and attended the Tricentennial Conclave in San Francisco in 1883 with his wife and youngest daughter, Mary. He was a member of the Boston Yacht Club and owned Outer Brewster Island. Dean died at his home in
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on April 9, 1897, and is buried at Lowell Cemetery.


See also

* 84th Massachusetts General Court (1863) * 90th Massachusetts General Court (1869)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Benjamin 1824 births 1897 deaths People from Clitheroe Lawyers from Lowell, Massachusetts Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators English emigrants to the United States Politicians from Lowell, Massachusetts Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives Burials at Lowell Cemetery (Lowell, Massachusetts)