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  Cable, Benjamin Taylor
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  2021-01-01  
 
NameBenjamin Taylor Cable
Address2915 5th Avenue
Rock Island, Illinois 61201, United States
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Born August 11, 1853
DiedDecember 13, 1923 (70 years)
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Infoa Representative from Illinois; born in Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., August 11, 1853; moved with his parents to Rock Island, Ill., in September 1856; attended the public schools and Racine College, Racine, Wis.; was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1876; engaged in agricultural pursuits and also became interested in various manufacturing enterprises; chairman of the western branch of the Democratic National Committee in 1892; chairman of the Democratic executive committee in 1902; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892; engaged in agricultural pursuits as joint owner of a ranch near San Antonio, Tex.; died in Rock Island, Ill., on December 13, 1923; interment in Chippiannock Cemetery.

Briefly sought Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 1900.

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  11/04/1890 IL District 11 Won 51.23% (+4.96%)
  08/05/1890 IL District 11-D Convention Won 51.14% (+2.27%)
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