| LC control no. | no2008172712 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Machen, Willis Benson, 1810-1893 |
| Variant(s) | Machen, Mr. (Willis Benson), 1810-1893 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Princeton (Ky.) Eddyville (Ky.) Livingston (Ky.) Frankfort (Ky.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1810-04-10 |
| Death date | 1893-09-29 |
| Place of birth | Lyon County (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Hopkinsville (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Cumberland College (Princeton, Ky.) Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Attorneys Legislators |
| Found in | In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1873, 1873: p. 1 (Mr. Machen) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Nov. 20, 2008 (Machen, Willis Benson, a Senator from Ky.; b. Apr. 10, 1810; d. Sept. 29, 1893) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 598 (Willis Benson Machen, iron manufacturer, soldier and politician, born April 10, 1810 in Caldwell (now Lyon) County, Ky. Attended Cumberland College in Princeton, Ky. Worked on his farm in Eddyville, Ky. and at the Livingston iron forge. In 1844 he was admitted to the bar and began a successful law practice, which he abandoned in 1851. He served in the state Senate in 1854 and was elected to the state House of Representatives 1856-1860. On September 22, 1872, Machen was appointed to fill the U. S. Senate seat where he served until March 3, 1873. Died in Hopkinsille, Ky. September 29, 1893.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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