James Beverley Sener

James B. Sener

James Beverley Sener (born May 18, 1837 in Fredericksburg , Virginia , †  November 18, 1903 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Sener attended private schools and then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After a subsequent law degree at Washington College , the later Washington and Lee University , and his admission to the bar in 1860, he began to work in Fredericksburg in this profession. In the same year he became sheriff of his hometown. Between 1863 and 1865 he held the post of Sergeant of the city of Fredericksburg . During the civil war , Sener worked for the Southern Associated Press . In this capacity he held at times General Robert E. Lee to report on his campaigns. In 1865 he published the Fredericksburg Ledger newspaper. After the Civil War, he joined the Republican Party . In June 1872 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which President Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for re-election.

In the congressional election of 1872 , Sener was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Virginia, where he succeeded John Critcher on March 4, 1873 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Beverly B. Douglas in 1874 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1875 . During this time he was chairman of the Ministry of Justice's Expenditure Control Committee. After his time in the US House of Representatives, James Sener practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1878 and 1882 he was Chief Justice in the Wyoming Territory . He died on November 18, 1903 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Fredericksburg.

Web links

• James Beverley Sener in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Beverley Sener in the database of Find a Grave (English)