Benjamin Estil

Benjamin Estil (born March 13, 1780 in Hansonville , Russell County , Virginia , †  July 14, 1853 in Oldham County , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1827 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Estil received an academic education. He studied at the Washington Academy in Lexington , later Washington and Lee University . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Abingdon . He also served as a Washington County prosecutor for some time . At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1814 and 1817 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1824 , Estil was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd  constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Alexander Smyth on March 4, 1825 . Until March 3, 1827 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Benjamin Estil was a judge in the 15th Judicial District of Virginia between 1831 and 1852. He then retired, which he spent on a farm in Kentucky, where he died on July 14, 1853.

Web links

• Benjamin Estil in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)