Hiram Pitt Bennet

Hiram Pitt Bennet

Hiram Pitt Bennet (born September 2, 1826 in Carthage , Maine , † November 11, 1914 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1865 he represented the Colorado Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hiram Bennet moved with his parents to Richland County , Ohio , in 1831 . There he attended both private and public schools including Ohio Wesleyan University . He then worked as a teacher in the northwestern part of Missouri state . After studying law and its made in 1851 admitted to the bar he began in Glenwood ( Iowa to practice in his new job). In 1852 he became a judge in Iowa.

In 1854 Bennet moved to the Nebraska Territory where he worked as a lawyer in Nebraska City . At that time he became a member of the newly formed Republican Party . In 1855 he appealed unsuccessfully to the election of the Democrat Bird Beers Chapman as Congress delegate. In 1856 Bennet became a member of the Territorial Government Council; In 1858 he was a Member of the Territorial House of Representatives, serving as President of the House.

In 1859 he moved to Denver in what would become the Colorado Territory. There, too, he initially worked as a lawyer. After the area became official US territory , Bennet was elected its first delegate to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . After re-election, he was able to exercise this mandate in Congress between August 19, 1861 and March 3, 1865. In 1864 he renounced another candidacy.

In 1867, he served as Secretary of State executive officer in the Colorado Territory. Between 1869 and 1874 Bennet was a post office owner in Denver. After the founding of Colorado, he was elected to the first Colorado Senate in 1876 . Between 1888 and 1895, Bennet was the Colorado Government's special envoy with the task of recovering state properties that had been accidentally sold. In 1899 he took his retirement. Bennet spent his twilight years in Denver, where he died in 1914 and was buried.

Web links

• Hiram Pitt Bennet in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• 13281496 Hiram Pitt Bennet in the database of Find a Grave (English)