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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeBenjamin Augustine ENLOE
(1848-1922)
ENLOE, Benjamin Augustine,
a Representative from Tennessee; born near Clarksburg, Carroll
County, Tenn., January 18, 1848; attended the public schools,
Bethel College, McKenzie, Tenn., and the Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn.; while a student at the latter institution in 1869
was elected a member of the State house of representatives;
reelected under the new constitution in 1870; was graduated from
the law department of Cumberland University in 1872; was admitted
to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Jackson, Tenn.;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872; appointed a
commissioner by Governor Marks in 1878 to negotiate a settlement of
the State debt; served on the State executive committee 1878-1880;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880; edited the
Jackson Tribune and Sun 1874-1886; elected as a Democrat to the
Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1887-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Education (Fifty-second
and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection
in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; edited the Daily Sun at
Nashville, Tenn., for two years; moved to Louisville, Ky., and
edited the Louisville Dispatch for two years; secretary of the
State fair commission and director of exhibits from Tennessee at
St. Louis World’s Fair in 1903; elected railroad commissioner
of Tennessee and served from 1904 until his death in Nashville,
Tenn., July 8, 1922; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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