Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (August 17, 1865 – October 16, 1923) was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

, father of William Y. Humphreys

William Y. Humphreys

William Yerger Humphreys was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, son of Benjamin G. Humphreys II.Born in Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, Humphreys attended the public schools and Sewanee Grammar School, Sewanee, Tennessee.He studied law at George Washington University, Washington,...

, and son of Benjamin G. Humphreys

Benjamin G. Humphreys

Benjamin Grubb Humphreys was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction.-Early life:Humphreys was born in Claiborne County, Mississippi, on the...

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Born in Claiborne County, Mississippi

Claiborne County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 11,831 people, 3,685 households, and 2,531 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 4,252 housing units at an average density of 9 per square mile...

, Humphreys attended the public schools at Lexington, Mississippi

Lexington, Mississippi

Lexington is a city in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,025 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Holmes County.-Geography:Lexington is located at ....

, and the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Greenwood, Mississippi

Greenwood, Mississippi

Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta approximately 96 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. The population was 15,205 at the 2010 census. It is the...

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Superintendent of education for Leflore County 1892-1896.
He served as district attorney for the fourth district of Mississippi 1895-1903.
Raised a company in April 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War and was its first lieutenant, serving under Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in Florida during the entire war.

Humphreys was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Fifty-eighth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his death.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Flood Control (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses).
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920.
He died in Greenville, Mississippi

Greenville, Mississippi

Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 48,633 at the 2000 census, but according to the 2009 census bureau estimates, it has since declined to 42,764, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the county seat of Washington...

, October 16, 1923.
He was interred in Greenville Cemetery.