Benjamin Jason Horton

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| name = Benjamin Jason Horton

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| office = Attorney General of Puerto Rico

| term_start = 1933

| term_end = 1935

| predecessor = Charles E. Winter

| successor = Benigno Fernández García

| president = Franklin D. Roosevelt

| office1 = Acting Governor of Puerto Rico

| term_start1 = January 1, 1934

| term_end1 = February 5, 1934

| president1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt

| preceded1 = Robert Hayes Gore

| succeeded1 = Blanton C. Winship

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|9|18}}

| birth_place = Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = 1963 (aged 89)

| death_place = Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Benjamin Jason Horton (September 18, 1873 – 1963) was an American politician and one-time acting governor of Puerto Rico.

Career

Horton was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico from 1912 through 1932 and then as a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1932 to 1940.

He was the attorney general of Puerto Rico from 1933 to 1935. During that time, he also served as governor of Puerto Rico from January 1934 to February 5, 1934.{{Cite book |last=Commission |first=United States Civil Service |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ixc8TjEsLjUC&dq=Benjamin+Jason+Horton+Puerto+Rico&pg=PA41 |title=Official Register of the United States |date=1934 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}

Personal life

Horton was born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1873. He died at a nursing home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1963.{{Cite news |date=1963-06-30 |title=BENJAMIN J. HORTON, PUERTO RICO LEADER |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/06/30/archives/benjamin-j-horton-puerto-rico-leader.html |access-date=2022-07-15 |issn=0362-4331}}

References

External links

[http://worldstatesmen.org/Puerto_Rico.html WorldStatesmen.org: Puerto Rico]
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/horton.html Political Graveyard: Horton]

Category:1873 births

Category:1963 deaths

Category:Politicians from Lawrence, Kansas

Category:Governors of Puerto Rico