Christie Benet

1879 - 1951  (71 years)

• Name	Christie Benet  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Dec 1879	Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Mar 1951	Columbia, Richland, South Carolina   [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina   [3]
  Person ID	I7995	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	William C. Benet
  Mother	Susan McCowan
  Family ID	F5645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Van Yeveren Haskell,   b. 21 Jun 1884, South Carolina d. 24 Jul 1971 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1906  [1]
  Children	1. Christie Benet, Jr.,   b. 13 Aug 1909, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 1 Jan 1928, ..., Richland, South Carolina (Age 18 years)   2. Alice Van Yeveren Benet,   b. 8 Sep 1916   d. 30 Dec 1980 (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F4854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Christie Benet practiced law in Columbia, S.C. He was appointed in 1918 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Tillman of S.C., and he served in the United States Senate from July 16, 1918 to Nov. 15, 1918. Source The Alexander Letters 2002 Carolyn B. Timmann _____ BENET, Christie, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Abbeville, Abbeville County, S.C., December 26, 1879; attended the common schools, the College of Charleston, the University of South Carolina at Columbia, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., in 1903; solicitor of the fifth judicial circuit in 1908; attorney for the city of Columbia 1910-1912; three times secretary of the Democratic State committee; appointed on July 6, 1918, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin R. Tillman and served from July 6 to November 5, 1918, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to the Senate to fill the vacancy; chairman, Committee on National Banks (Sixty-fifth Congress); resumed the practice of law; member and later chairman of the board of regents of South Carolina State Hospital 1915-1946; during the Second World War served as chairman of the War Finance Committee for South Carolina and was serving as chairman of the Alien Enemy Hearing Board for the eastern district of South Carolina at time of death; died in Columbia, S.C., March 30, 1951; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27154] Family records and notes courtesy of Charles Thomson Haskell III, 2002, (provided to the Haskell Family Association, merged from ftw file). [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S9158] Cemetery index, Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, (Find-a-Grave).