Background
Randall, Benjamin was born on November 14, 1789 in Topsham, Maine (then Massachusetts).
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Randall, Benjamin was born on November 14, 1789 in Topsham, Maine (then Massachusetts).
He pursued an academic course and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1809. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812.
Randall commenced practice in Bath in 1812. He served in the Maine State militia in Colonel Reed’s regiment stationed at Coxes Head in September 1814. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843).
Upon his return to Maine, he resumed the practice of law.
Appointed collector of customs for the port of Bath in 1849. He served until his death there on October 11, 1859.
His interment is in Maple Grove Cemetery.
He was a member of the Maine senate in 1833, 1835, and 1838.