Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (August 17, 1865 - October 16, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, father of William Y. Humphreys, and son of Benjamin G. Humphreys. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=H000964 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (August 26 1808 December 20 1882 was an American politician from Mississippi.
Born in Claiborne County, Mississippi, Humphreys attended the public schools at Lexington, Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi at Oxford. Claiborne County is a County located in the US state of Mississippi. Lexington is a city in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational Research University located in Oxford He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Greenwood, Mississippi. Greenwood is the County seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta approximately Superintendent of education for Leflore County 1892-1896. He served as district attorney for the fourth district of Mississippi 1895-1903. Raised a company in April 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War and was its first lieutenant, serving under Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in Florida during the entire war.
Humphreys was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his death. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting He served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Flood Control (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses). He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920. He died in Greenville, Mississippi, October 16, 1923. Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Greenville Cemetery.