Benjamin Duke Nabers (November 7, 1812 – September 6, 1878) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in Franklin, Tennessee, Nabers attended the common schools. He moved to

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. He engaged as a commission merchant. Held several local offices. Nabers was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He was an unsuccessful Unionist candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. He moved to

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. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in

. He served as presidential elector on the Constitutional-Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860. He returned to Mississippi and settled at Holly Springs, Marshall County, in 1860. Chancery clerk 1870-1874. He served as member of the governing board of the

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, for two years. He died at

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, September 6, 1878. He was interred at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nabers, Benjamin Duke 1812 births 1878 deaths People from Franklin, Tennessee Unionist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi Mississippi Unionists Tennessee Constitutional Unionists 1860 United States presidential electors 19th-century American politicians People from Benton County, Mississippi Burials at Hillcrest Cemetery Members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi