Biography of Thomas Hart Benton, 1782-1858
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>    BENTON, Thomas Hart, (father-in-law of John C. Fremont), a
>    Senator and a Representative from Missouri; born at Harts
>    Mill, near Hillsboro, N.C., March 14, 1782; attended Chapel
>    Hill College (now the University of North Carolina) and the
>    law department of William and Mary College, Williamsburg,
>    Va.; was admitted to the bar at Nashville, Tenn., in 1806
>    and commenced practice in Franklin, Williamson County,
>    Tenn.; member, State senate 1809-1811; served as aide-de-
>    camp to General Andrew Jackson; colonel of a regiment of
>    Tennessee volunteers 1812-1813; lieutenant colonel of the
>    Thirty-ninth United States Infantry 1813-1815; moved to St.
>    Louis, Mo., where he edited the Missouri Inquirer and
>    continued the practice of law; upon the admission of
>    Missouri as a State into the Union, was elected in 1821 as a
>    Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1827,
>    1833, 1839, and 1845 and served from August 10, 1821, to
>    March 3, 1851; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs
>    (Eighteenth through Twentieth Congresses), Committee on
>    Military Affairs (Twentieth through Twenty-sixth and Twenty-
>    ninth and Thirtieth Congresses), Committee on Foreign
>    Relations (Thirtieth Congress); author of the resolution to
>    expunge from the Senate Journal the resolution of censure on
>    Andrew Jackson; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
>    Senate in 1850; censure proceedings were initiated against
>    Benton in 1850, arising from an incident of disorderly
>    conduct on the Chamber floor, but the Senate took no action;
>    elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4,
>    1853-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs
>    (Thirty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
>    reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress and for
>    Governor of Missouri in 1856; engaged in literary pursuits
>    in Washington, D.C., until his death there on April 10,
>    1858; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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>    Data Entry Volunteer: Ron Zurek (rzurek@aol.com)