Alfred Washburn Benson (1843 - 1916)

Born 15 Jul 1843 in Poland, Chautauqua County, New York, USA

Died 1 Jan 1916 at age 72 in Topeka, Kansas, USA

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Preceded by Joseph R. Burton

Alfred W. Benson US Senator (Class 2) from Kansas 1906—1907

Succeeded by Charles Curtis

Biography

Alfred W. Benson is Notable.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 6633915
• Alfred W. Benson on Wikipedia
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• New York State Military Museum, Unit Roster 154th Infantry
• Mt. Pleasant Pyramid, 1917-01-05, Prominent Persons who Died in 1916

• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6SL-YXL : 3 March 2021), Alford W Benson in household of Peter Benson, E.D. 1, Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing p. , line #43, family #127, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,634.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWZ-QX9 : 18 February 2021), Alfred Benson in entry for Pelic Benson, 1860.

• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNF-NQF6 : 8 March 2021), Alfred W Benson in household of Releg Benson, District 02, Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 66, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP1-XFV : 19 February 2021), Alfred W Benson, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 88, sheet 130D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,381.