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Edward M. Bentley

Lawyer/Civil Engineer

Centurion, 1898–1933

Full Name Edward Manross Bentley

Born 31 July 1858 in Ellenville, New York

Died 30 April 1936 in Lawrence, New York

Buried Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia

Proposed by Frederic H. Betts and Payson Merrill

Elected 3 December 1898 at age forty