Benjamin Hickman Bunn (October 19, 1844 – August 25, 1907) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm in

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, near

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, Bunn attended the local schools. During the

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he enlisted in the

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as a second lieutenant in Company A, 47th North Carolina Regiment. He was promoted successively and became captain of the 4th Company of Sharpshooters, MacRae's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia from 1861 to 1865. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in

. Bunn was elected mayor of Rocky Mount in 1867. He served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1875 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1880. He served as a member of the State house of representatives 1883–1885. Bunn was elected as a

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to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895). He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894. Postmaster of

, from April 23, 1895, until the appointment of his successor on July 27, 1897. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Nash County, near

, August 25, 1907. He was interred in Pineview Cemetery. His home near Rocky Mount, Benvenue, was listed on the

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in 1982.

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