sentences:  In 1853, Bennett moved to Buffalo, where he built and operated several grain elevators.A member of the New York State Senate, Bennett was State Senator for the (31st District) in the 89th New York State Legislature in 1866 and the 90th New York State Legislature in 1867.As a Republican, Bennett was elected to the forty-first United States Congress, as a U. S. Representative for the thirtieth district of New York, holding office from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1871.