Benjamin Enos was an American politician.

Life

He was the son of Joseph Enos and Thankful (Coon) Enos. On April 5, 1810, he married Sarah Doty (1788–1884) at Canaan, New York

Canaan, New York

Canaan is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,820 at the 2000 census.The Town of Canaan is in the northeast part of the county.- History :The first settlers arrived around 1759....

. In 1814, they settled in DeRuyter, NY.

He was a member from Madison County

Madison County, New York

Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,442. It is named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America...

 of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...

 in 1834, 1839 and 1840. He was Supervisor of the Town of DeRuyter in 1837. In 1842, he was elected by the New York State Legislature a canal commissioner

Erie Canal Commission

The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...

. As a member of the Hunker

Barnburners and Hunkers

The Barnburners were the more radical faction of the New York state Democratic Party in the mid 19th century. The term barnburner was derived from the idea of someone who would burn down his own barn to get rid of a rat infestation, in this case those who would destroy all banks and corporations,...

 faction of the Democratic Party, he was New York State Treasurer

New York State Treasurer

The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the new Department of Audit and Control headed by the...

 from 1845 to 1846.

Sources

• Political Graveyard
• Description of DeRuyter by Rev. L. R. Swinney, at USGenNet
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 35, 42 and 272; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• History of De Ruyter, NY - from Our ounty and Its People, a Descriptive and Biographical Record of Madison County, NY ed. by John E. Smith (The Boston History Company, 1899)
• Political History of the State of New York from January 1, 1841, to January 1, 1847, Vol III, including the Life of Silas Wright by Jabez Delano Hammond (Hall & Dickson, Syracuse NY, 1848) Google Book, page 525
• The Doty-Doten Family in America: Descendants of Edward Doty, an Emigrant by the Mayflower, 1620 by E. A. Doty (Higginson Genealogical Books, 1988)