Augustus Witschief Bennet (October 7, 1897 – June 5, 1983) was an American politician and a

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from

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Biography

Bennet was a son of U.S. Representative

William Stiles Bennet William Stiles Bennet (November 9, 1870 – December 1, 1962) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York, serving five terms in the early 20th century. He was the father of Augustus Witschief Bennet. Biography Born in ...

and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet. He attended the public schools in New York City and

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, and graduated from

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in 1918. During the

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, Bennet served in the

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Flying Corps with the rating of chief

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from June 8, 1918, to January 19, 1919. He graduated from the

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at New York City in 1921, was admitted to the bar the same year.

Career

Bennet commenced practice in

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. He was United States referee in bankruptcy from 1923 to 1944, and was married to Maxine Layne on October 19, 1929. Elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress, Bennet was U. S. Representative for the twenty-ninth district of New York and held that office from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946.

Death

Resuming the practice of law, Bennet resided in

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, until he died in

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, on June 5, 1983 (age 85 years, 241 days). He was cremated, and his ashes are

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at Cedar Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, New York.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennet, Augustus 1897 births 1983 deaths Columbia Law School alumni Politicians from Orange County, New York Amherst College alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) California Republicans 20th-century New York (state) politicians 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives