He occupied the position of secretary of state for
eighteen years, retiring in 1876. His majority in 1872 was greater than
any other on the Republican ticket. In 1875 considerable opposition was
made to his election, the effect of which was to lose him the Republican
nomination and the office. From 1876 to 1879 he filled the position of
librarian of the State Library. In September, 1882, he married Miss
Newhall of Lynn, and departed on a six months' tour in Europe.
September 16.--Rev. Benjamin F. Tefft, D.D., LL.D., a widely known
Methodist divine, died, aged seventy two years, from a shock of
paralysis received on Friday. He was one of the ablest pulpit orators in
the denomination, has been a president of the Genesee College, editor of
the Methodist Book concern and author of several works. He was a member
of the New York Geographical and Statistical Society, the Society of
Arts of London, etc. He was United States consul to Stockholm in 1862,
and acting minister to Sweden, and commissioner of emigration from
Europe to the state of Maine in 1864.
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