Senator William Christie Benet, Jr

1879 - 1951  (71 years)

• Name	William Christie Benet
  Title	Senator
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	26 Dec 1879	Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Mar 1951	Columbia, Richland Co., SC
  		Will Christie Benet
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  Burial	Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
  Person ID	I505200	Angeltveit
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	William Christie Benet (Bennet )           b. 22 Mar 1846, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom           d. 20 Aug 1930, Beallmont Park Sanatorium, Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susan Ella Wardlaw Benet (Bennet ) (nee McGowan)           b. 6 Jul 1856, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States           d. 21 Jul 1898, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1877	Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
  Family ID	F501546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alise Van Yeveren Haskell           b. 21 Jun 1884, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USa           d. 24 Jul 1971, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. William Chistie Benet, III.           b. 13 Aug 1909, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America           d. 1 Jan 1928, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America (Age 18 years) + 2. Alise Van Yeveren Hopkins (nee Benet)           b. 8 Sep 1916, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America           d. 30 Dec 1980, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2022

  
  

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  Birth - 26 Dec 1879 - Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC Death - 30 Mar 1951 - Columbia, Richland Co., SC Burial - - Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  BENET, Christie, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Abbeville, Abbeville County, S.C., December 26, 1879; attended the common schools, the College of Charleston, the University of South Carolina at Columbia, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., in 1903; solicitor of the fifth judicial circuit in 1908; attorney for the city of Columbia 1910-1912; three times secretary of the Democratic State committee; appointed on July 6, 1918, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin R. Tillman and served from July 6 to November 5, 1918, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to the Senate to fill the vacancy; chairman, Committee on National Banks (Sixty-fifth Congress); resumed the practice of law; member and later chairman of the board of regents of South Carolina State Hospital 1915-1946; during the Second World War served as chairman of the War Finance Committee for South Carolina and was serving as chairman of the Alien Enemy Hearing Board for the eastern district of South Carolina at time of death; died in Columbia, S.C., March 30, 1951; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.