Elmer Austin Benson

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Elmer Austin Benson

Prior offices:

Governor of Minnesota

Years in office: 1937 - 1939

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U.S. Senate Minnesota

Years in office: 1935 - 1936

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1918 - 1919

Personal

Religion

Christian: Lutheran

Profession

Politician

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. Benson then served as Governor of Minnesota from 1937-1939.

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Hjalmar Petersen	24th Governor of Minnesota January 4, 1937 – January 2, 1939	Succeeded by Harold Stassen
Preceded by Thomas D. Schall	U.S. Senator from Minnesota December 27, 1935 – November 3, 1936	Succeeded by Guy V. Howard

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