John S. Benham

John Samuel Benham (* October 24, 1863 in Benham, Ripley County, Indiana, † December 11, 1935 in Batesville, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1919 and 1923 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Benham attended the public schools of his home and a business school in Delaware ( Ohio). After that, he taught in the winter half years as a teacher while continuing his own training in the summer. From 1882 to 1907 he worked in various cities as a teacher. In 1893 he graduated from the Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute and in 1903 he graduated from the Indiana University in Bloomington. He later served on the faculty of the University of Chicago, where he taught history. 14 years was Benham School Board in Ripley County. Since 1907, he worked in his home town in the timber industry as well as in mills and construction business. He also worked in agriculture.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1916 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated for the Charles Evans Hughes as a presidential candidate. In the congressional elections of 1918, Benham was in the fourth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lincoln Dixon on March 4, 1919. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1923 two legislative sessions. Since 1921 he was chairman of the Committee for the control of expenditure on public property. During his time as a congressman of the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage. In 1922, John Benham has not been confirmed.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Benham worked in the construction industry. He was also a 1924-1929 School Board again in Ripley County. In 1931, he withdrew into retirement, which he spent in Batesville, where he died on 11 December 1935.