Benjamin D. Nabers

Benjamin Duke Nabers ( born November 7, 1812 in Franklin, Tennessee; † September 6, 1878 in Holly Springs, Mississippi ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Benjamin Nabers attended the public schools of his home. He later moved to Hickory Flat, Mississippi. There he worked as a commission merchant. He has also held several local offices. As a candidate of the unionists who fought in the run-up to the civil war against the division of the nation, it was 1850 in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jacob Thompson on March 4, 1851. Since he has not been confirmed in subsequent elections, Nabers was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1853.

After his time in Congress, he moved to Memphis in Tennessee. After studying law, he began to practice in his new profession from 1860 in this city. In the presidential election of 1860 he was one of the electors of John Bell, but Abraham Lincoln was defeated. In the year 1860 he returned to Mississippi, where he settled in Holly Springs. Between 1870 and 1874 he was employed at the chancery in Marshall County. He also spent two years as a member of the Control Commission of the state prison in Jackson. Benjamin Nabers died in September 1878 in Holly Springs and was also buried there.