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Elmer Austin Benson (September 22, 1895 – March 13, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. In 1935, Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas Schall. He served as the 24th governor of Minnesota, defeating Republican Martin Nelson in a landslide in Minnesota's 1936 gubernatorial election.
Elmer Austin Benson was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. In 1935, Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas Schall. He served as the 24th governor of Minnesota, defeating Republican Martin Nelson in a landslide in Minnesota's 1936 gubernatorial election.
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Elmer Austin Benson (22 September 1895-13 March 1985) was a Farmer-Laborite US Senator from Minnesota from 27 December 1935 to 3 November 1936 (succeeding Thomas D. Schall and preceding Guy V. Howard) and Governor of Minnesota from 4 January 1937 to 2 January 1939 (succeeding Hjalmar Petersen and preceding Harold Stassen).
Elmer Austin Benson was born in Appleton, Minnesota in 1895, and he served in the US Army during World War I before becoming a banker and businessman. With Floyd B. Olson as his mentor, he rose in the ranks of the Farmer-Labor Party and served as Commissioner of Securities and in the US Senate from 1935 to 1936, when he was elected Governor. He was...
ELMER A. BENSON, the twenty-fourth governor of Minnesota, was born in Appleton, Minnesota on September 2, 1895. His early education was attained in the Minnesota public schools, and later at St. Paul College, where he earned a law degree in 1918.
Elmer Benson was Minnesota’s second—and last—elected Farmer-Labor Party governor. His forthright assertion of a then-radical philosophy provoked strong reaction: While detractors accused him of being sympathetic to communism, ardent supporters admired his attacks on the excesses of capitalism and his support for the rights of farmers.
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- September 22, 1895
- Frances Lillian (Miller) Benson
- March 13, 1985
Elmer Austin Benson was an American politician. Benson was born on September 22nd, 1895 in Appleton, Minnesota. He studied law at the St. Paul College of Law, later it was renamed to the William Mitchell College of law.
Elmer Austin Benson (September 22, 1895 – March 13, 1985) was a politician from the state of Minnesota. He was appointed as a Farmer-Laborite member of the U.S. Senate on December 27, 1935 and did not seek election when the term expired on November 3, 1936.
