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Perry, Benjamin Franklin

lawyer, governor, author, was born May 20, 1805, in Pendleton district, S. C. He entered upon the practice of law in Greenville, S. C.; and in 1835 was elected a state senator. After the close of the war he was elected governor of South Carolina. In 1870 he was elected United States senator, but was not permitted to take his seat; and in 1872 was elected a representative in congress, but was again refused admission to a congressional seat.

He was the author of Reminiscences of Public Men; and Sketches of Eminent Statesmen. He died Dec. 3, 1886, near Greenville, S. C.