Benjamin S. Turner
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Benjamin Sterling Turner (b. March 17, 1825, Weldon, North Carolina - d. March 21, 1894, Selma, Alabama) was an US Congress Representative from Alabama.
He was born near; raised as a slave; received no early education; moved to Alabama in 1830 and by clandestine study obtained a fair education.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was elected tax collector of Dallas County, Alabama in 1867; councilman of the city of Selma in 1869.
Elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880.
After his political career, he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Alabama. He died in Selma, Alabama on March 21, 1894, aged 69; interred in Live Oak Cemetery.
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This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
