Ben C. Eastman

Ben C. Eastman (D-WI)

Ben C. Eastman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	Orasmus Cole
Succeeded by	Cadwallader C. Washburn
Personal details
Born	October 24, 1812 Strong, Maine
Died	February 2, 1856(1856-02-02) (aged 43) Platteville, Wisconsin
Political party	Democratic

Ben C. Eastman (October 24, 1812 – February 2, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Strong, Maine, Eastman attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory. He moved to Platteville, the same year and continued the practice of law and then served as secretary of the legislative council of Wisconsin Territory 1843–1846. He served as district attorney of Grant County.

Eastman was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855). He was the representative of Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854, and resumed the practice of law.

He died in Platteville on February 2, 1856 after an illness of several weeks, and was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Ben C. Eastman (id: E000019)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.