Benjamin E. Grey
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Benjamin Edwards Grey (birth and death dates unknown) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, grandson of Benjamin Edwards.
Born at "Shiloh," near Bardstown, Kentucky, Grey pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He served as member of the Kentucky state house of representatives, 1838 and 1839. He served as member of the Kentucky state senate from 1847 to 1851. Presiding officer of the senate and Acting Lieutenant Governor in 1850.
Grey was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-fourth Congress in 1854. He died in Selma, Alabama.
