Charles Edward Bennett (December 2, 1910 - September 6, 2003) was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing a district in Florida from 1949 to 1993, making him the longest serving member of Congress from the state of Florida for total of 44 years. He was a Democrat. He was born in Canton, New York and had moved to Florida by the end of his childhood. Bennett is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He was a lawyer and a member of the United States Army during World War II before being elected to Congress. In 1951, he began proposing a code of ethics for government employees, nicknamed The Ten Commandments. After the Sherman-Adams Affair, the code was adopted as the first Code of ethics for Government Service in 1958. In 1954, he sponsored the bill that added the words In God We Trust to both the nation's coins and currency. He signed the Southern Manifesto. At his retirement, he was one of the longest-serving members of Congress. Charles E. Bennett Federal Building is named after him. He died in Jacksonville, Florida and buried at Arlington National Cemetery.