Benjamin Burr
Benjamin Burr (April 8, 1818 – February 16, 1894) was an American businessman and politician.
Born in Rodman, Jefferson County, New York, Burr lived on a farm in New York. Burr moved to Rochester, New York where he had a business: Spencer & Burr which dealt with wholesale oyster and fruit. In 1857, Burr and his wife moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Burr was in the mercantile and grocery business in Stevens Point and was president of the International Bank of Amherst. Burr served on the Portage County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors serving as chairman of the county board, the Stevens Point Common Council, and was elected to the school board, for which he was the clerk. In 1868, Burr served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat. Burr died of pneumonia in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.[1][2]
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- People from Jefferson County, New York
- Politicians from Rochester, New York
- People from Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- Businesspeople from Rochester, New York
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- Farmers from New York (state)
- Wisconsin Democrats
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- School board members in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin city council members
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 1818 births
- 1894 deaths
- Deaths from pneumonia
- 19th-century American politicians