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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MississippiBENNETT, Hendley Stone
(1807—1891)
BENNETT, Hendley Stone, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., April 7, 1807; attended the public schools in West Point, Miss.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Columbus, Miss.; judge of the circuit court 1846-1854; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1856; resumed the practice of law in Columbus; moved to Paris, Tex., in 1859 and continued the practice of law; served as a captain in Company G, Thirty-second Regiment, Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army, from August 5, 1861, to August 31, 1862; resumed the practice of law; in 1886 returned to Tennessee and settled in Franklin, Williamson County, and continued the practice of his profession; died in Franklin, Tenn., December 15, 1891; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Bennett, Hendley S. Organization of the House. Speech of Hon. H.S. Bennett, of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, December 22, 1855, on the election of speaker and the organization of the House of Representatives
. [Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe
Office, 1855].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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