Benjamin Seaver (April 12, 1795 – February 14, 1856) was an American politician, serving as the thirteenth mayorofBoston, Massachusetts from January 5, 1852 to January 2, 1854.[12]
Seaver was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts[13] In 1812 Seaver became an apprentice at the auction and commission store of Whitwell & Bond.[13] In 1816 Seaver became a partner in the firm which was renamed Whitwell, Bond & Co.[13] In 1818, Seaver purchased 5 shares of the Suffolk Bank, a clearinghouse bankonState StreetinBoston.[14]
Seaver was first elected to represent Boston's Ward 5 as a member of the Boston Common Council in 1845. He was reelected to the Common Council from Ward 5 in 1846 and 1847. In 1848 Seaver moved to Ward 4 and was subsequently elected as a councilor from the new ward in 1848 and 1849.
In July 1847 Seaver was elected as the president of the Common Council and held that position for the two and a half years that he remained on the City of Boston Common Council.[9]
^A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston (CCC Boston), 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers (printed by Order of the City Council), Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 242
^ abcdWaters, Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1872), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 321
