Background
Bias, Bennett Randolph was born on December 20, 1875 in Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. Son of Rolan Armstrong and Lucy (Byus) Bias.
Bias, Bennett Randolph was born on December 20, 1875 in Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. Son of Rolan Armstrong and Lucy (Byus) Bias.
Education high school, Marshall College and West Virginia University.
Was teacher in public schools, 1894-1895. Postmaster Williamson, 1897-1909. Republican nominee for Senate, West Virginia, 1902.
Editor Mingo Republican, 1903-1904.
Chairman Republican County Committee, Mingo County, 1904-1908. An organizer Mingo County Bank, 1905.
Admitted to bar, 1910. Member Wiles & Bias, 1911-1920, Bias & Chafin, 1922-1925, now Bias & Bias, delegate at large Republican National Convention, 1924.
President West Williamson Land Company.
Director Mountaineer Hotel Corporation Chairman, Mingo Selective Service Board 1, 1940-1945. Chairman Four-Minute Men, Mingo County, 1917-1919. Chairman Legal Advisory Board, Mingo County, 1917-1918.
Voted Manitoba of the Half Century for 1950 by Gavel Club.
Member Wiles & Bias, 1911-1920, Bias & Chafin, 1922-1925, now Bias & Bias, delegate at large Republican National Convention, 1924. Member American, West Virginia State (president 1926), Mingo County bar associations, American Law Institute, National Economics League, Williamson Chamber of Commerce (ex-president), Phi Kappa Sigma. Episcopalian; Club: University.
Married Clothilde Gaujot, June 19, 1901. Children: Bennett Randolph (deceased), Marie Marguerite (Mistress Wallace G. Smith, deceased), Ernest Gaujot.