| Ben J. Tarbutton | |
| Term Start: | 1948 |
| Term End: | 1952 |
| Term Start2: | 1947 |
| Term End2: | 1949 |
| Term Start3: | 1949 |
| Term End3: | 1953 |
| Birth Name: | Benjamin James Tarbutton |
| Birth Date: | 14 May 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Sandersville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Sandersville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | Emory College |
Benjamin James Tarbutton (May 14, 1885 – September 19, 1962), was a businessman and politician in Georgia.
Benjamin James Tarbutton was born on May 14, 1885, in Sandersville, Georgia.[1] [2] He graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia, in 1905.[2] He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[2]
After working in his father's mercantile business, he purchased the Sandersville Railroad in 1916, and was the president and director of the Central of Georgia Railroad from 1951 to 1954.[2] He was involved in starting the kaolin mining industry to Sandersville.[2] He was mayor of Sandersville from 1948 to 1952, a member Georgia State Senate from 1947 to 1949 and of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953, and a member of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1952 and 1956.[2] [3] [4]
Tarbutton married Rosa Moore McMaster of Waynesboro, Georgia, on November 22, 1928. They had two children, Ben and Hugh.[2]
Tarbutton died on September 19, 1962, in Sandersville. He was buried at the Old City Cemetery in Sandersville.[2]