Benjamin F. Hallett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American lawyer and politician, Democratic National Committee chair
Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1797
Place of Birth: Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 30-Sep-1861
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Benjamin F. Hallett
- Benjamin Franklin Hallett (December 2, 1797 – September 30, 1862) was a Massachusetts lawyer and Democratic Party activist, most notable as the first chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Benjamin Franklin Hallett was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
- After graduating from Brown University in 1816, he studied law and began a journalistic career in Providence, Rhode Island.
- He soon moved to Boston, where he began with the Boston Advocate, shifting to the Boston Daily Advertiser in 1827.
- At that time he espoused the views of the Anti-Masonic Party, but when that particular group went out of fashion he switched to the Democratic Party as an enemy of Henry Clay.
- He joined and became a prominent member of the Suffolk County, Massachusetts bar.
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