district residence state_senate children birth_name birth_place religion image_size state_house term birth_date spouse article_title name
6th 14th knoxville , tennessee tennessee one son , one daughter curtis bentley atchley , jr. knoxville , tennessee presbyterian 180px tennessee 1977 -- 2005 1972 -- 1976 30 june 1930 cynthia sue king ben atchley
 ben c. atchley
ben atchley

curtis bentley atchley , jr. -lrb- born june 30 , 1930 -rrb- , known as ben atchley , is an american former politician in the state of tennessee .
he served in the tennessee house of representatives from 1972 to 1976 and the tennessee state senate from 1977 to 2005 , as a republican .
he is a former majority leader and caucus chairman in the senate .
he is an alumnus of the university of tennessee , knoxville and veteran of the united states naval reserve .
he is married with two children .
