Benjamin D. Nabers

Benjamin Duke Nabers (born November 7, 1812 in Franklin , Tennessee , † September 6, 1878 in Holly Springs , Mississippi ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the first constituency of the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Nabers attended the public schools in his home country. He later moved to Hickory Flat , Mississippi. There he worked as a commission dealer. He also held a number of local offices. As a candidate for the unionists who fought against the division of the nation in the run-up to the Civil War , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1850 , where he succeeded Jacob Thompson on March 4, 1851 . Since he was not confirmed in the following elections, Nabers could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1853 .

After serving in Congress, he moved to Memphis , Tennessee. After studying law, he began to practice his new profession in this city in 1860. In the presidential election of 1860 he was one of John Bell's electors , who was defeated by Abraham Lincoln . In 1860 he returned to Mississippi, where he settled in Holly Springs. Between 1870 and 1874 he was employed by the Marshall County Law Court. He was also a member of the Jackson State Penitentiary's Control Board for two years . Benjamin Nabers died in Holly Springs in September 1878 and was buried there.

Web links

• Benjamin D. Nabers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Benjamin D. Nabers in the database of Find a Grave (English)