Alfred Washburn Benson

Republican Senator of Kansas

Congresses Served

Senate Terms

January 1, 1843 (73 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1916

Death

Served as a United States Senator and a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Born in New York and moved to Kansas in 1869.
Enlisted as a private during the Civil War and rose to the rank of major.
Practiced law after being admitted to the bar in 1866.
Held various local offices before serving in the Kansas Senate from 1881 to 1885.
Appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1906 to fill a vacancy and served until early 1907.
Elected as a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court in 1907 and served until 1915.
Retired from public life and passed away in 1916.