1. Benjamin Champneys 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.
14 Facts About Benjamin Champneys
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Benjamin Champneys's ancestors moved from England to the Province of New Jersey along with John Fenwick, the grantee of the province.
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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.
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Benjamin Champneys studied law in Trenton under Chief Justice Charles Ewing.
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Benjamin Champneys moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and completed his legal studies under Judge George Bryan Porter, the future Territorial Governor of Michigan.
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Benjamin Champneys was admitted to the Lancaster County bar in 1818.
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Benjamin Champneys worked as Deputy District Attorney for Mayor's Court from 1824 to 1830.
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Benjamin Champneys was elected as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1825 and 1828.
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Benjamin Champneys was appointed Deputy Attorney General for Lancaster County by Governor David R Porter and served from 1830 to 1833.
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Benjamin Champneys served as President Judge of the Second Judicial District in 1839.
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Benjamin Champneys was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate for the 6th district and served from 1843 to 1845.
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Benjamin Champneys was appointed state Attorney General by Governor Francis R Shunk and served from 1846 to 1848.
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Benjamin Champneys served again in the Pennsylvania Senate for the 16th district from 1864 to 1865 and for the 17th district from 1865 to 1866.
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Benjamin Champneys died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is interred at the Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster.