Willis Benson Do

Willis Benson Do

Willis Benson Make (born April 10, 1810 in Caldwell County , Kentucky , † September 29, 1893 in Hopkinsville , Kentucky) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented the state of Kentucky in the United States Senate from 1872 to 1873 .

Life

After attending Common Schools and Cumberland College in Princeton, Make worked as an agricultural commodity entrepreneur in Eddyville .

His political engagement began when he became a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1849 . In 1854 he was elected a member of the Kentucky Senate before being elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1856 and 1860 . At the same time he became a member of the 1st Congress of the Confederate States of America in February 1862 and was also a member of the 2nd Congress of the Confederate States of America from May 1864 to March 1865 .

After the death of Garrett Davis on September 22, 1872, Make was appointed as his successor for the Democratic Party to the United States Senator for Kentucky to fill this vacancy. He served in the United States Senate from September 27, 1872 until the end of Davis' original term on March 3, 1873. In 1876 he was a delegate for Kentucky at the Democratic National Convention .

Afterwards he withdrew from political life and devoted himself again to his activity as an entrepreneur in agricultural products.

After his death he was buried in the Riverview Cemetery in Eddyville. Make was married twice. His marriages to Margaret Aurelia Lyonmachen and Victoria Theresa Mimsmachen had a daughter and three sons, who all died in childhood. The father of his first wife Margaret Aurelia Lyon was Chittenden Lyon , who was also a member of the House and Senate of Kentucky and represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives between 1827 and 1835 . His father Matthew Lyon was also a member of the US House of Representatives.

Web links

• Willis Bensonmachen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Willis Benson Make the database Find a Grave (English)