| LC control no. | no2007073113 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Biggs, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1821-1893 |
| Variant(s) | Biggs, B. T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1821-1893 |
| See also | Trustee of: Delaware College |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Middletown (Del.) Pennington (N.J.) Middletown (Conn.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1821-10-01 |
| Death date | 1893-12-25 |
| Place of birth | Middletown (Del.) Summit Bridge (Del.) |
| Place of death | Middletown (Del.) |
| Field of activity | agriculture education political science railroads peaches politics |
| Affiliation | New Jersey Conference Seminary Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) Democratic Party (U.S.) Delaware Railroad Company Delaware College United States. Congress. House Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad |
| Profession or occupation | farmers teachers legislators chief executive officers governors |
| Found in | Educational fund : remarks of Hon. B.T. Biggs, of Delaware, and Hon. A.T. McIntyre, of Georgia, delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 2, 1872, 1872 Am. biog. archive: II, fiche 47, no. 180 (Biggs, Benjamin Thomas; born 1 October 1821 near Summit Bridge, Del.; congressman from Delaware in U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1873; governor of Delaware, 1887-1891; died 25 December 1893 in Middletown, Del.) OCLC WorldCat, 15 June 2007 (heading: Biggs, Benjamin T.; Biggs, Benjamin T., 1821-1893; usage: Benjamin T. Biggs; B.T. Biggs) Delaware gazette and state journal, December 28, 1893, viewed via Chronicling America, March 27, 2024 (Benjamin T. Biggs; went to New Jersey Conference Seminary in Pennington (N.J.); taught for two years; completed a term at Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.); came back to Delaware to farm peaches; Democrat; president of the Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad and a director of the Delaware Railroad Company; trustee of Delaware College; advocate for co-education) PLEASE DO NOT UPDATE OR ENTER -- Sue |
| Associated language | eng |
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