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Benjamin Babock Thurston
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1857
Preceded byNathan F. Dixon II
Succeeded byWilliam Daniel Brayton
In office
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Preceded byLemuel H. Arnold
Succeeded byNathan F. Dixon II
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
In office
1831-1837
Personal details
Born(1804-06-29)June 29, 1804
Hopkinton, Rhode Island, US
DiedMay 17, 1886(1886-05-17) (aged 81)
New London, Connecticut, US
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		Know Nothing Party

Benjamin Babock Thurston (June 29, 1804 – May 17, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.

Born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, Thurston attended the common schools, and later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives 1831-1837, and as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1837 to 1838 serving under Governor John B. Francis.

Thurston was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1849 to the Thirty-first Congress.

Thurston was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1857). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Thirty-second Congress), Committee on Patents (Thirty-third Congress), Committee on Accounts (Thirty-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1857.

After leaving Congress, Thurston moved to New London, Connecticut, where he served as member of the board of aldermen in 1862 and 1863. He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1869 and 1870. He resumed mercantile pursuits. He died in New London, Connecticut, May 17, 1886. He was interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

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Political offices
Preceded byJeffrey Hazard Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
1837–1838 		Succeeded byJoseph Childs
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byLemuel H. Arnold Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
1847–1849 		Succeeded byNathan F. Dixon II
Preceded byNathan F. Dixon II Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
1851–1857 		Succeeded byWilliam Daniel Brayton

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