Curtis Bentley Atchley Jr. (June 30, 1930 – November 14, 2018), known as Ben Atchley, was an American politician in the state of

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976 and the

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from 1977 to 2005, as a

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. He was a majority leader and caucus chairman in the senate. He was an alumnus of the

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and veteran of the

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. He was married with two children.

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1930 births 2018 deaths Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee Military personnel from Tennessee Republican Party Tennessee state senators Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives University of Tennessee alumni {{Tennessee-politician-stub