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    Bentley, William A. "Wm."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1877 (District 28)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Aitkin, Chisago, Kanabec, Pine

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 11/30/1847 (uncertain)
    Birth Place: Lebanon, Connecticut
    Birth County: New London
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: ??/??/1920
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: Wm.
    Alternate Spelling of Last Name: Bently
    City of Residence (when first elected): Rush City
    Occupation (when first elected): Physician/Surgeon

    EDUCATION

    Common Schools; At Least Elementary School;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Military: Army; 1861 to 186?

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Married
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    Toensing and Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877 list his last name as Bentley. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1877 lists both Bentley and Bently.

    Toensing lists his birth year as 1847. Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877 lists 1837.

    He was of Scottish and English ancestry.

    He came to Minnesota in 1856.

    He was Grand Secretary, Grand Chief, and State Lecturer of the Order of Good Templars of Minnesota.

    He was active in the temperance movement.

    "Dr. Bentley is an earnest Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 29)

    Total Days Served: 371

    SESSIONS SERVED

    19th Legislative Session (1877)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1877
    Body: House
    District: 28
    Elected: 11/7/1876
    Residence: Rush City
    Term of Office: 1/2/1877 to 1/7/1878
    Oath Date: 1/2/1877
    Counties Represented: Aitkin, Chisago, Kanabec, Pine
    Occupation: Physician/Surgeon
    Party: Republican Party Notes: "Dr. Bentley is an earnest Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 29)
    Committees:
    • Incorporations
    • State Reform School (Chair)

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