| 词条 | Benjamin Champneys |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Benjamin Champneys | honorific-suffix = | image = File:Benjamin Champneys.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Portrait by Jacob Eichholtz, {{circa|1830}} | office = Pennsylvania State Senator | termstart = 1843 | termend = 46, 1863{{snd}}66 | nominator = | appointer = | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = Pennsylvania State Representative | termstart2 = 1825 | termend2 = 26, 1828{{snd}}29, 1863 | order3 = | office3 = Attorney General of Pennsylvania | termstart3 = December 18, 1846 | termend3 = July 31, 1848 | governor3 = Francis R. Shunk | predecessor3 = John M. Read | successor3 = James Cooper | birth_date = {{Birth date|1800|01|}} | birth_place = Bridgeton, New Jersey | death_date = {{Death date and age|1871|08|09|1800|01|}} | death_place = Lancaster, Pennsylvania | restingplace = | birthname = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | spouse = Elizabeth Bachman | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = Princeton College | occupation = Judge, lawyer, legislator | profession = }} Benjamin Champneys (January, 1800{{snd}}August 9, 1871) was an American lawyer, politician and judge, who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the Pennsylvania Senate and as Pennsylvania State Attorney General. Early life and educationChampneys was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey to Dr. Benjamin Champneys, a surgeon who served in the Navy, and Sarah Potter. His ancestors moved from England to the Province of New Jersey along with John Fenwick, the grantee of the province.[1] The family lived in Bridgeton, New Jersey while Champneys attended Princeton College for two years, but moved upon the death of his father in 1814. He studied law in Trenton under Chief Justice Charles Ewing. He moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and completed his legal studies under Judge George Bryan Porter, the future Territorial Governor of Michigan.[2] He was admitted to the Lancaster County bar in 1818.[3] CareerChampneys worked as Deputy District Attorney for Mayor's Court from 1824 to 1830. He was elected as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1825 and 1828. He was appointed Deputy Attorney General for Lancaster County by Governor David R. Porter and served from 1830 to 1833. He served as President Judge of the Second Judicial District in 1839. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate for the 6th district and served from 1843 to 1845. He was appointed state Attorney General by Governor Francis R. Shunk and served from 1846 to 1848. With the onset of the Civil War, he switched parties. In 1863, he served again in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Lancaster County. He served again in the Pennsylvania Senate for the 16th district from 1864 to 1865 and for the 17th district from 1865 to 1866. He died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is interred at the Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster.[4] Personal lifeChampneys married Elizabeth Bachman in 1821.[5] A daughter, Elizabeth, would marry a same-named great-grandson of William Augustus Atlee. References1. ^{{cite book |title=Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1 |date=1985 |publisher=The Reprint Company, Publishers |location=Spartanburg, South Carolina |isbn=0-87152-411-2 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XS_BQAHCja0C&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22benjamin+champneys%22+pennsylvania&source=bl&ots=ESJEFVhj5a&sig=ACfU3U1UyZZayabDB8c3gkHl-FVRy9qc4A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjj7M3QlsvgAhVtleAKHVd0C6k4ChDoATAEegQIBRAB#v=onepage&q=%22benjamin%20champneys%22%20pennsylvania&f=false |accessdate=20 February 2019}} 2. ^{{cite web |last1=Eddleman |first1=Carol |title=Champneys, Benjamin, Judge |url=http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?31,103196 |website=www.pa-roots.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Benjamin Champneys Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4438&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=20 February 2019}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Judge Benjamin Champneys, Sr |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128727966/benjamin-champneys |website=www.findagrave.com |accessdate=20 February 2019}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=(quoted link)|work=The Lancaster Journal|date=Dec 21, 1821|url=http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?37,499998}} Further readingFamily details are in
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