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See also
A.
Benton Anderson —
Joseph
Benton Atkinson, Sr. —
William
Augustus Bootle —
Henry
Clay Caldwell —
Samuel
Benton Callahan —
John
Benton Callis —
Thomas
Benton Catron —
C.
Benton Coiner —
Benton
W. Decker —
Joseph
Benton Donley —
Stephen
Benton Elkins —
Thompson
Benton Ferguson —
Benton
Fraley —
Benton
Fremont —
Benton
E. Gates —
James
Benton Grant —
Whitaker
McDonough Grant —
Benton
Jay Hall —
Benton
Hanchett —
Hart
Benton Holton —
Morris
W. Hood, Sr. —
Claude
Benton Hudspeth —
Benton
Franklin Jensen —
Benton
B. Jones —
Jill
Klajic —
Obadiah
Benton McFadden —
Benton
McMillin —
Allen
Benton Morse —
Benton
Musslewhite —
Hezekiah
Nye —
Benton
Oppenheimer —
Mahlon
Fay Perkins —
Pinckney
Benton Stewart Pinchback —
Henry
Benton Sayler —
Benton
Smith —
John
Benton Stacy —
John
Benton Sterigere —
Benton
Richard Trotter —
Thomas
Benton Wheeler —
Scott
Benton White —
J.
Benton Whitman —
Benton
Wilson |
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Benton, Albert —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1836.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Allen R. —
of Nebraska.
Member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1871-76.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Ben —
of Flagstaff, Coconino
County, Ariz.
Republican. Member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1991-92.
Still living as of 1992.
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Benton, Bernard —
of Robinson, Brown
County, Kan.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948,
1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Benton, C. R. —
of Dallas, Marion
County, Iowa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, C. R. —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Caleb —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.; Greene
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1796-98, 1800-01 (Columbia County 1796-98, Greene
County 1800-01).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Cassius R.
(1862-1922) —
of Northville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth Township, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1862.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1905-08.
Died in 1922
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plymouth, Mich.
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Benton, Charles —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1862.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Charles Swan
(1810-1882) —
also known as Charles S. Benton —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Mohawk, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine, July 12,
1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1843-47; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1862; county judge in Wisconsin,
1874-81.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 4,
1882 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.
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Benton, Charles W. —
of Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Princeton, Ind., 1906.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Charlotte —
of Lompoc, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Mayor
of Lompoc, Calif., 1977-78.
Female.
Still living as of 1978.
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Benton, Claude L. —
of Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana,
1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Don —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Benton, Don E. —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Benton, Dorothy —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
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Benton, Eliot H. —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1946, 1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Everett C. —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1900,
1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Fred Richard —
of Iowa.
Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Benton, G. H. —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Benton, George A. —
of Spencerport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1910-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, George Oliver
(1915-2001) —
also known as George O. Benton —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., June 22,
1915.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state senate 25th District, 1947-51; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1947-49.
Died October
9, 2001 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Heman —
of Ira, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 1st District, 1861.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Jacob (1814-1892) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Waterford, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
19, 1814.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1867-71.
Died in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., September
29, 1892 (age 78 years, 41
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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Benton, James —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; elected 1959.
Still living as of 1959.
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Benton, Jay Rogers (b.
1885) —
also known as Jay R. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1885.
Son of Everett Chamberlain Benton and Willena (Rogers) Benton.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1923-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Jennifer —
of Minnesota.
Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Benton, Joel —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1814-15, 1816-17, 1831.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, John E. —
of Sacramento
County, Calif.
Member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1862-63.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, John E. —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Mayor
of Keene, N.H., 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Lemuel
(1754-1818) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., 1754.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782-88; county justice
in South Carolina, 1785-91; delegate to
South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1793-99 (3rd District
1793-97, at-large 1797-99); defeated, 1798.
Died in Darlington, Darlington District (now Darlington
County), S.C., May 18,
1818 (age about 63
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Darlington County, S.C.
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Benton, Lewis —
of Greene
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1831.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Lulu —
of El Dorado, Butler
County, Kan.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1936.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Maecenas Eason
(1848-1924) —
also known as Maecenas E. Benton —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born near Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn., January
29, 1848.
Son of Thomas Benton and Mary Ellen Benton.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Newton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1885-89; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1897-1905; defeated,
1904; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23.
Died, from carcinoma
of larynx, in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 27,
1924 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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Benton, Marjorie C. —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972
(alternate), 1980,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Benton, Marshall F. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Bremen, 1859-61.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Mortimer Murray
(1807-1885) —
also known as Mortimer M. Benton —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., January
21, 1807.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1834-35; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; member of Kentucky
state senate.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., March 5,
1885 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Benton, Nathaniel Seley
(1792-1869) —
also known as Nathaniel S. Benton —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., February
19, 1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1828-31; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1831; secretary of
state of New York, 1845-47.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., June 30,
1869 (age 77 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Nick —
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1982.
Still living as of 1982.
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Benton, Otis A., Sr.
(1882-1963) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born March 10,
1882.
Son of William Tell Benton and Lura Ida (Walden) Benton.
Mayor
of Henderson, Ky., 1950-54.
Died November
10, 1963 (age 81 years, 245
days).
Interment at Fernwood
Cemetery, Henderson, Ky.
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Benton, Otis L. —
of Oberlin, Decatur
County, Kan.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, T. T. —
of Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Thomas H. —
of Iowa.
Democrat. Candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1865.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Thomas H. —
of Nebraska.
Nebraska
state auditor, 1889-93.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, Thomas Hart
(1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March 14,
1782.
Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on
the U.S. $100
gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Benton, Thomas Hart, Jr.
(1816-1879) —
also known as Thomas H. Benton, Jr. —
of Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Williamson
County, Tenn., September
5, 1816.
Son of Samuel Benton.
Member of Iowa state
senate, 1846-48; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1848-54; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 10,
1879 (age 62 years, 217
days).
Interment somewhere
in Marshalltown, Iowa.
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Benton, William Burnett
(1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Benton, William E. —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1944,
1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benton, William N. —
of Richmond,
Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1956,
1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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