David S. Bennett

For other people of the same name, see David Bennett (disambiguation).

David Smith Bennett (May 3, 1811 – November 6, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born on a farm near Camillus, New York, Bennett attended the common schools and the local academy in Onondaga. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and later moved to Syracuse. From there he extended his business to New York City. In 1853, Bennett moved to Buffalo, where he built and operated several grain elevators.

Bennett was elected a member of the State senate in 1865. As a Republican, he was elected to the Forty-first Congress, where he served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871).

After declining to run for renomination in 1870, Bennett picked up his former business pursuits in Buffalo, New York again, where he died November 6, 1894. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York.

References

• David S. Bennett at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by James M. Humphrey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 30th congressional district 1869–1871	Succeeded by William Williams

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