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American politician
Benjamin Burnside Pelham
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Born
| February 7, 1862
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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Died
| 1948
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Other names
| B.B. Pelham,
Benj. B. Pelham,
Ben Pelham
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Occupation(s)
| Lawyer, accountant, political organizer, journalist, newspaper publisher
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Relatives
| Robert Pelham Jr.
(brother),
Meta E. Pelham
(sister)
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Benjamin Burnside Pelham
(1862?1948) was an American lawyer, accountant, political organizer, journalist, and newspaper publisher.
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Biography
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Benjamin Burnside Pelham was born on February 7, 1862, in Detroit, Michigan.
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He attended Everett School in Detroit, followed by Detroit High School.
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He was a journalist and edited the newspapers
The Venture
and
Detroit Plaindealer
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He served as president of the county's
Board of Supervisors
and was one of the most powerful African American politicians in the United States during the early 1900s.
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Aris A. Mallas
wrote
Forty Years in Politics - The Story of Ben Pelham
(
Wayne State University Press
, 1957) about him.
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