Benjamin P. Mead

Benjamin Penfield Mead (September 21, 1849 – March 19, 1913) was Connecticut State Comptroller from 1895 to 1899, a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing New Canaan from 1885 to 1889, and a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1889 to 1892.

Benjamin Penfield Mead
Connecticut State Comptroller
In office
1895–1899[1]
GovernorDaniel H. Hastings
Preceded byNicholas Staub
Succeeded byThompson S. Grant
Member of the Connecticut Senate
from the 12th District
In office
1889–1892
Preceded byR. Jay Walsh
Succeeded byLeander P. Jones
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from New Canaan
In office
1885–1889
Personal details
BornSeptember 21, 1849
Bridgeport, Connecticut
DiedMarch 19, 1913(1913-03-19) (aged 63)
New Canaan, Connecticut
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Florence Heath
ChildrenBenjamin Mead, Harold Mead, Florence Mead
Residence(s)New Canaan, Connecticut
Alma materGreenwich Academy
Occupationgrocer, real estate

He was the son of Benjamin Close Mead and Mary Elizabeth Rich of Greenwich.

In 1902, he was a delegate to the Connecticut Constitutional Convention.[2] He died in 1913 after an illness.[3]

References
  1. SOTS
  2. Roll of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of Connecticut
  3. "The Allentown Democrat from Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 19, 1913 · Page 9".
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