US Congressman, Lawyer. He was born one of four children as Augustus Witschief Bennet in New York, New York, to United States Representative William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962), and his wife Gertrude Witschief Bennet (1872-1959), on October 7, 1897. He was educated locally and attended the local common public schools in both New York City, New York, and Washington, D.C., before eventually attending and graduating from the prestigious Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1918. During World War I, he served his country as a member of the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps with the rank of Chief Quartermaster from June 8, 1918, to January 19, 1919. Following his military service during World War I, he enrolled at the prominent Columbia University Law School in New York City, New York, graduating from there in 1921. He was then admitted to the bar and he commenced his practice of law in Newburgh, New York, shortly thereafter. He was a United States Attorney also known as a bankruptcy referee, or federal officer, in bankruptcy from 1923 to 1944. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing Dean Park Taylor (1902-1977), on January 3, 1945. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served New York's 29th District (Seventy-Ninth Congress), in the United States House of Representatives serving from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946. Following his term in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Katharine Price Collier St. George (1894-1983), on January 3, 1947. After leaving the United States Congress he resumed his practice of law. He lived in Laguna Hills, California, towards the end of his life. He passed away in Concord, Massachusetts, on June 5, 1983, at the age of 85. Following his death, he was cremated and his ashes were buried at Cedar Hill Mausoleum in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newburgh, New York. He was married to Maxine Layne Bennet (1906-1991), on October 19, 1929. The couple had three children together, Linda Bennett (1932-2012), Willam Stiles Bennet (1934-2009), and Susanne Graham Bennet (1937-2007). His wife Maxine survived him and passed away in Laguna Hills, California, on November 15, 1991, at the age of 84, and she is buried with him. A member of the Presbyterian faith, he had also been a member of several organizations or clubs including the Freemasons, Rotary, Sons of the American Revolution, Grange, Phi Beta Kappa, and Psi Upsilon, during his lifetime.