Benjamin A. Enloe
| Benjamin Augustine Enloe | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | John M. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John E. McCall |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
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In office 1869 |
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| Born |
January 18, 1848 Clarksburg, Tennessee |
| Died |
July 8, 1922 (aged 74) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Fannie Howard Ashworth Enloe |
| Children |
Benjamin Augustine Enloe Marie Enloe |
| Alma mater | Cumberland University |
| Profession |
Attorney politician editor |
Benjamin Augustine Enloe
Attorney politician
Benjamin Augustine Enloe (January 18, 1848 – July 8, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee.
Enloe was born on January 18, 1848, in Clarksburg, Tennessee son of Benjamin S. and Nancy O. Blair Enloe. He attended Bethel College (McKenzie, Tennessee) and Cumberland University in (Lebanon, Tennessee). He married Fannie Howard Ashworth on April 5, 1870, and they had two children, Benjamin Augustine and Marie.
While a student at Cumberland University, Enloe was elected a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1869. He was re-elected under the new state constitution in 1870. He graduated from the Cumberland Law School in 1872, was admitted to the bar in 1873, and began practice in Jackson, Tennessee. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872 and in 1880. He was appointed by Governor Albert S. Marks in 1878 to negotiate the settling of the state deficit. He served on the state executive committee from 1878 to 1880. He edited the Jackson Tribune and the Daily Sun from 1874 to 1886.
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