Saturday, December 2, 2017

Bennett, Nathaniel Jones - 1908

Name: Nathaniel Claude Bennett

Occupation: founder and manager Congressional Information Bureau
Born: Thomson, Georgia, November 29, 1866
Son of Nathaniel J. and Eugenia (Pearce) Bennett

Education: graduated Emory College, 1888

Married: unmarried

Washington correspondent, government official, 1888-97; established Congressional Information Bureau, 1897, only one of its kind, that prepares for Congressmen any desired data and conducts national and international business in Congressional and departmental advices and miscellaneous research.  Member National Geographical Society, Sons of the American Revolution.

Clubs: (charter member) University, Phi Delta Theta (Washington); Reform (New York).

Home Address: 1814 K Street
Office Address: Bond Building, Washington.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for Nathaniel Jones Bennett.

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