Benjamin Frick
{{Short description|American politician (1796–1871)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
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| state_senate = Pennsylvania
| district = Montgomery County
| term_start = 1853
| term_end = 1855
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1796|4|26}}
| birth_place = Coventry, Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1871|10|4|1796|4|26}}
| death_place = Berks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| resting_place = Oak Grove Cemetery
Parker Ford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| party = Whig
| spouse = {{marriage|Eleanor Davis|1815}}
| children = 6
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Benjamin Frick (April 26, 1796 – October 4, 1871) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate, representing Montgomery County from 1853 to 1855.
Early life
Benjamin Frick was born on April 26, 1796, in Coventry, Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Catherine (née Grumbacher) and John Frick.{{cite web |url=https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?id=4704 |title=Benjamin Frick |website=Pennsylvania Senate Library |access-date=2023-11-21}}
Career
Frick worked in the lumber business at Limerick Station on Schuylkill River. He was postmaster of Limerick Station for 20 years. He was secretary of the Perkiomen and Reading Turnpike Road Company from 1836 to 1871. He was director of Pottstown Bank and the Bank of Montgomery County in Norristown. He was a business agent for the Reading Company until he resigned in 1869.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reading-times-hon-benjamin-frick-13-ju/135532787/ |title=Hon. Benjamin Frick |date=1869-07-13 |newspaper=Reading Times |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-11-21}}{{Open access}} He owned several boats on the canal.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalport00garn/page/246/mode/2up |title=Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Comprising A Historical Sketch of the County |year=1893 |last=Wiley |first=Samuel T. |editor-last=Garner |editor-first=Winfield Scott |publisher=Gresham Publishing Company |pages=246–247 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-11-18}}{{Open access}}
Frick was a Whig. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate, representing Montgomery County from 1853 to 1855.
Personal life
Frick married Eleanor "Ellen" Davis in 1815. They had six children, David, Elizabeth, James, Mary, Catharine Sisler, Charles. His grandson Montgomery was a businessman in Chester County.
Frick died on October 4, 1871, at his home in Berks County. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Parker Ford.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/altoona-tribune-hon-benjamin-frick/135532715/ |title=Hon. Benjamin Frick... |date=1871-10-25 |newspaper=The Altoona Tribune |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-11-21}}{{Open access}}
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Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Politicians from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Category:Politicians from Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania postmasters
Category:Pennsylvania state senators
Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly