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TALLMADGE, Benjamin, (father of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge),
a Representative from Connecticut; born in Brookhaven, Long Island,
N.Y., February 25, 1754; moved to Litchfield, Conn., in 1783; was graduated
from Yale College in 1773; superintendent of Wethersfield High School
1773-1776; commissioned lieutenant in the Continental Line June 20, 1776;
promoted to captain of dragoons December 15, 1776, major April 7, 1777, and
colonel September 5, 1779; was appointed postmaster at Litchfield, Conn., in
1792; first president of the Phoenix Branch Bank; treasurer and later president
of the Society of the Cincinnati; elected as a Federalist to the Seventh and to
the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1817); declined to be a
candidate for renomination; engaged in mercantile pursuits and was an importer;
also interested in banking; died in Litchfield, Conn., March 7, 1835; interment
in the East Cemetery.
BibliographyTallmadge, Benjamin.
Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge. New York: T. Holman book
and printer, 1858. Reprint, edited by Henry Phelps Johnston, Gilliss Press,
1904.
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