<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Benjamin F. Meyers akaberekerwa pedyo neNew Centerville, Pennsylvania. Akapinda Somerset Academy uye Jefferson College muCanonsburg, Pennsylvania zvino Washington uye Jefferson College muWashington, Pennsylvania. Akadzidza mutemo, akabvumirwa kubhawa ndokutanga kuita basa muna 1855. Akashanda senhengo yePennsylvania State House of Representatives muna 1864. Akanga ari nhume kuDemocratic National Conventions ya1864, 1880  <response>: , 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, uye 1900. Akanga ari mupepeti weBedford Gazette uye muna 1868 weHarrisburg Daily Patriot. 