Christie Benet

Democrat Senator of South Carolina

Congresses Served

Senate Terms

January 1, 1879 (72 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1951

Death

Served briefly as a United States Senator in 1918
Born and died in South Carolina
Attended College of Charleston, University of South Carolina, and University of Virginia, graduating in 1902
Played and coached college football, including being selected All-Southern in 1901
Practiced law in Columbia, South Carolina, starting in 1903
Held the position of solicitor of the fifth judicial circuit in 1908 and was Columbia’s city attorney from 1910 to 1912
Was secretary of the Democratic State committee three times
Appointed to the Senate to fill the term of a deceased senator but was not elected to continue beyond the interim term
Chaired the Committee on National Banks during his short Senate tenure
Member and later chairman of the board of regents for the South Carolina State Hospital from 1915 to 1946
Chaired the War Finance Committee for South Carolina during World War II
At the time of his death, he was serving as the chairman of the Alien Enemy Hearing Board for South Carolina’s eastern district
Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina
Honored posthumously with a residence hall named after him at Clemson University