Ben Joseph | |
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Member of the VermontHouseofRepresentatives from the Grand Isle-Chittenden district | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Fresno, California, U.S. | July 17, 1942
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | North Hero, Vermont |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Profession | judge, lawyer |
Ben W. Joseph (born July 17, 1942) is an American politician in the state of Vermont. He is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, sitting as a Democrat from the Grand Isle-Chittenden district, having been first elected in 2016. [1] He was previously a judge on the Vermont Superior Court from 1998 to 2010. [2] [3]
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