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Stephen Benton Elkins (* 26. September 1841 bei New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio; † 4. Januar 1911 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Industrieller und Politiker. Er war von 1891 bis 1893 Kriegsminister. Ferner war er Delegierter des New-Mexico-Territoriums im Kongress und später Senator für den Bundesstaat West Virginia . Werdegang.
Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841 – January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893.
Among his major works are portraits of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and Generals Nelson A. Miles and Grenville M. Dodge. One of his important...
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- January 4, 1911
- September 26, 1841
Stephen Benton Elkins, 1841–1911, American statesman, b. Perry co., Ohio. He grew up in Missouri and after the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Union army, although his father and brother were Confederates.
Stephen Benton Elkins was born in 1841 near New Lexington, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1860, Elkins taught school, then quit his job to serve in the Union Army as a captain of militia in the Seventh Missouri Infantry.
Stephen Benton Elkins represented West Virginia in the U.S. Senate from 1895 to 1911. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, practiced law in the Territory of New Mexico in 1864, and was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives from 1864 to 1865.
