Benjamin Toppan Pickman (1790 – March 12, 1835), was a Massachusetts politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member and president of the Boston Common Council.

Benjamin Toppan Pickman
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the Suffolk district
President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
January 1833 – March 12, 1835
Preceded byWilliam Thorndike
Succeeded byGeorge Bliss
President of the Boston Common Council[2]
In office
January 4, 1830 – January 2, 1832
Preceded byEliphalet Williams
Succeeded byJohn Prescott Bigelow
Member of the Boston Common Council
from Ward 7 [2]
In office
August 6, 1828 [3] – January 2, 1832
Preceded byThoma Wren Ward[3]
Succeeded by[4]
Personal details
Born1790
Salem, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 12, 1835
SpouseHannah Bright

Pickman was the son of Massachusetts Congressman Benjamin Pickman, Jr.

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References

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  • Roberts, Oliver Ayer: of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Company of Massachusetts. Volume II. 1738-1828., Boston, MA: The Ancient and Honorable Company of Massachusetts., p. 408, (1897).
  • City of Boston: A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909).

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  1. ^ Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Company of Massachusetts. Volume II. 1738-1828., Boston, MA: The Ancient and Honorable Company of Massachusetts., p. 408
  2. ^ a b City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 220
  3. ^ a b City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 218
  4. ^ City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 44
Massachusetts Senate
Preceded by President of the Massachusetts Senate
1833 – 1835
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Eliphalet Williams
President of the Boston Common Council
January 4, 1830 – January 2, 1832
Succeeded by