Benjamin F. Grady
Benjamin F. Grady | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
Preceded by | Charles W. McClammy |
Succeeded by | John G. Shaw |
Personal details | |
Born | Sarecta, North Carolina | October 10, 1831
Died | March 6, 1914 Clinton, North Carolina | (aged 82)
Political party | Democratic |
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Benjamin Franklin Grady (October 10, 1831 – March 6, 1914) was a teacher, US Congressman and author from North Carolina. He represented the state's 3rd district in the U.S. Congress from 1891 to 1895.
Biography
[edit]He was born near Sarecta, in Albertson Township, Duplin County, North Carolina, October 10, 1831.[1] He married Olivia Penelope Hamilton on May 30, 1861 in Huntsville, Texas.
He was teaching mathematics and natural sciences at Austin College in Texas when the Civil War began. He left to join the Confederate Army, serving in Company K, 25th Regiment of the Texas Cavalry. He married Mary Charlotte Bizzell on November 10, 1870 in Clinton, North Carolina. In 1890 he defeated African-American Republican John S. Leary in a race for a seat in the US House of Representatives.[when?][2] He was re-elected for a second term, both times serving North Carolina 3rd District. He was Superintendent of Schools, Duplin Co., N.C. In 1899, he published the book The Case of the South Against the North, which uses historical evidence to justify the South's war against the North on the basis of constitutional principles. He died in Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., March 6, 1914.
References
[edit]- ^ History of North Carolina: North Carolina Biography, by Special Staff of Writers. Vol. V. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1919. pp. 282–284. Retrieved July 11, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Candidate for Congress", Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), August 21, 1890, page 2. Accessed 14 April 2022.
External links
[edit]United States Congress. "Grady, Benjamin Franklin (id: G000350)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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