Benson, Bennie H.? 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1933-34  (District 1);  House  1937-38  (District 1)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Fillmore, Houston
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1876 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Harmony Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Fillmore
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
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                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
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                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Harmony
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farm Owner and Operator/Formerly Taught School/Former Mercantile Business/Former President, Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/3/1936
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Harmony
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/4/1937 to 1/1/1939
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/5/1937
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Fillmore, Houston
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Farm Owner and Operator/Formerly Taught School/Former President, Farmers Mutual Insurance Co./Formerly Engaged in General Mercantile Business
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Nonpartisan Election
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
                                            - 
                                                Commerce, Manufacture and Retail Trade
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Crime Prevention
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Elections
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Emergency Relief
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Markets and Marketing
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                State Parks (Chair)
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Taxes and Tax Laws
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/8/1932
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Harmony
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/2/1933 to 1/6/1935
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/3/1933
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Fillmore
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Farm Owner and Operator/Formerly Taught School/Former Mercantile Business/Former President, Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Nonpartisan Election
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                Game and Fish
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Public Health and Hospitals
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                State and County Fairs
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                State Parks
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Temperance
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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