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 >8 4 HARRIS. HARRIS. having previously received a unanimous call to the pastorate of the St. Lawrence Street church, Portland, Me. Owing to impaired health, this call was declined, but Mr. Harlow served this church as supply for thirteen- months, when continued ill health forced him to suspend his ministe- rial labors for a year. Subsequently he supplied the First Con- gregational church in Belfast, for a year, and was invited to accept the pastorate of that church, but declined. In the latter part of 187 1 Mr. Harlow was called to the pastorate of the Evangelical Congrega- tional church in Medway, as associate pastor with the Rev. David Sanford. The call was accepted, and he was installed February 13, 1872. During his ministry the church has been blessed spiritually and materially, as evi- denced by the gain of one hundred and eighty-nine members, the remodeling of the edifice and beautifying of the grounds, and the amount of benevolent contribu- tions, the latter aggregating more than ten thousand dollars to January 1, 1889. The church celebrated its semi-centennial September 7, 1888, and published a full re- port of the exercises, edited by the pastor. Several addresses and biographical sketches and discourses delivered by Mr. Harlow have been published. The rela- tions between pastor and people have been exceptionally cordial. HARRIS, Benjamin Winslovv, son of William and Mary inslow (Thomas) Harris, was born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth county, November 10, 1S23. His father was a respected citizen, town officer, and member of the General Court four years. Mis mother was a lineal de- scendant of Kenelm VVinslow, brother of Governor Winslow of the Plymouth Colony. Mr. Harris received his education in the public schools of his native town, the East Bridgewater Academy, and in the classical department of Phillips Academy, Andover, where he remained about two and a half years. For several years he taught school winters, and so procured the means of pursuing his studies. In April, 1847, he entered the Harvard law school, from which he was graduated in June, 1849, when he at once entered the law office of John P. Putnam (late justice of the superior court), in Boston, where he re- mained till the 12th of April, 1850, when he was admitted to practice. He went to East Bridgewater, June 22d of that year, and formed a law partner- ship with Hon. Welcome Young for one year, at the close of which he opened a iaw office on his own account, where he remained, with the exception of a few years, till the fall of 1864, securing a good practice and acquiring a county reputation as an able advocate On July 1, 1858, Governor Banks ap- pointed Mr. Harris district attorney for the southeastern district, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. James M. Keith, of Roxbury. During the winter of i863-'4 Mr. Harris opened a law office in Barristers' Hall, Court Square, Boston, and in the year fol- lowing associated himself in partnership BENJAMIN W. HARRIS. with Payson E. Tucker, a learned ami able lawyer, under the firm name of Harris & Tucker. On the 20th of June, 1S66, he was ap- pointed collector of internal revenue for the 2d congressional district of Massachu- setts, which office he held until the con- solidation of the districts in 1872, when he returned to East Bridgewater, where he has ever since resided. In November, 1872, he was elected to Congress, as a Republican, to succeed Hon. Oakes Ames — and was re-elected in 1874, '76, '78 and '80, serving ten years. During this time he was a member of important committees — and in the 47th