Benjamin Edwards Grey (1809–1875) was a 19th-century

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from

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, grandson of Benjamin Edwards. Born in 1809 at "Shiloh," near

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, Grey pursued an academic course. He studied law, was

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and began practice in

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. He was a member of the

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from 1838 to 1839, and a member of the

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from 1847 to 1851. He was presiding officer of the senate and Acting

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in 1850. Grey was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the

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in 1854. He died in

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in 1875.Western Kentucky University: Grey, Benjamin Edwards
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