Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1886 — ROUNDS’ SUCCESSOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ROUNDS’ SUCCESSOR.

Thomas E. Benedict, the New Public Printer. Thomas E. Benedict was born at Warwick, Orange County, N. Y., in 1839. His education was obtained at the common school and at the Warwick Institute. He engaged in teaching during his early years, and drifted thence into a railroad office, and finally into bookkeeping. He always had an affinity for printing offices, however, and, wherever he lived was sure to be an industrious correspondent of the local newspaper. He moved to Ulster County in 1863 as a bookkeeper of the Ulster Iron Rolling Mill, and in 1870 started the Ellenville Preus in partnership with

his brother, G. H. Benedict. The paper gained a reputation for its vigorous Democracy, and in 1873 the firm purchased The Banner of Liberty, which they conducted as a stanch Democratic weekly, gaining for it a circulation that extended to every State and Territory of the Union. In 1879 Mr. Benedict was elected to the New York Legislature, and was re-elected for four successive terms, each year by an increased majority. There he gained the confidence and friendship of Grover Cleveland. Daniel Manning, and other leading Democrats, and in 1884 was appointed Deputy Comptroller, which office he has since filled. He is known especially for his executive ability and unblemished integrity.