James Beverley Sener
3rd Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of the Wyoming Territory
In office December 18, 1879 – July 5, 1884
Appointed by	Rutherford B. Hayes
Preceded by	Joseph W. Fisher
Succeeded by	John W. Lacey
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's1st district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	John Critcher
Succeeded by	Beverly B. Douglas
Personal details
Born	(1837-05-18)May 18, 1837 Fredericksburg, Virginia
Died	November 18, 1903(1903-11-18) (aged 66) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Citizens Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Other political affiliations	Republican
Alma mater	University of Virginia Washington College
Occupation	Attorney,journalist

James Beverley Sener (May 18, 1837 – November 18, 1903) was aU.S. Representative fromVirginia and the third Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of the Wyoming Territory.

Born inFredericksburg, Virginia, Sener attended private schools and in 1859 was graduated from theUniversity of Virginia at Charlottesville. He earned alaw degree from Washington College (nowWashington and Lee University) at Lexington in 1860. He wasadmitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inFredericksburg, Virginia. He became Sheriff of Fredericksburg in 1860, and was Sergeant of the city of Fredericksburg 1863–1865.

He served as Army correspondent of the Southern Associated Press with the army of Gen.Robert E. Lee. He became editor of the Fredericksburg (Virginia) Ledger in 1865. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872.

Sener was elected as aRepublican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875) after defeating Democrat Everitt M. Braxton. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Forty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession. He served as chief justice of Wyoming Territory 1879–1884.He died inWashington, D.C., on November 18, 1903. He was interred in Citizens Cemetery,Fredericksburg, Virginia.

In 1832 alone, about 14% of the steam vessels in operation were destroyed by explosions, killing more than 1000 people. These explosions occurred largely because there were no inspection laws or rules of navigation. In some cases, mariner incompetence, negligence, misconduct, or all three were causal factors. As a result, the U.S. Congress established inspection laws and created theSteamboat Inspection Service. Congressman James Sener of Virginia sponsored the legislation that created the modern marine investigations program on 20 June 1874. Congressman Sener's bill put in place a world class system for identifying and eliminating unsafe conditions in the marine transportation system.

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