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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James B. Sener |
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Fredericksburg, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
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May 18, 1837
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| Died | November 18, 1903
(66 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | SENER, James Beverley, a Representative from Virginia; born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., May 18, 1837; attended private schools and in 1859 was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was graduated in law from Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) at Lexington in 1860; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Fredericksburg, Va.; sheriff of Fredericksburg in 1860; sergeant of the city of Fredericksburg 1863-1865; army correspondent of the Southern Associated Press with the army of Gen. Robert E. Lee; became editor of the Fredericksburg (Va.) Ledger in 1865; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Forty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; served as chief justice of Wyoming Territory 1878-1882; died in Washington, D.C., on November 18, 1903; interment in Citizens Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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