Ben Wilson | |
Office: | Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives |
Term Start: | 1909 |
Term End: | 1911 |
Predecessor: | William H. Murray |
Successor: | William A. Durant |
State House2: | Oklahoma |
Term Start2: | 1907 |
Term End2: | 1911 |
Office3: | Member of the Oklahoma Territorial House from the 13th district |
Term Start3: | 1897 |
Term End3: | 1899 |
Predecessor3: | W. H. Mason |
Successor3: | J. W. Heady |
Birth Date: | 1855 |
Birth Place: | Texas, US |
Death Date: | 1934 |
Death Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US |
Spouse: | Jenny Horne |
Party: | Democratic |
Occupation: | politician |
Benjamin Franklin Wilson was an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He was a member of the 1st Oklahoma Legislature and served as the second Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Born in 1855, in Texas to John Wilson Jr. and Emily Brown. He later married Jenny Horne. Prior to his election, he was an alfalfa farmer.[1]
Wilson was among Oklahoma's first class of state legislators, serving in the 1st Oklahoma Legislature in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[2] The state legislature met from December 2, 1907, to May 26, 1908, in the Guthrie City Hall Building during the first year of the only term of Governor Charles N. Haskell.[3]
He served as the second Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, during the 2nd Oklahoma Legislature.[3] At the time, he hailed from a town known as Cereal, which today is known as Banner, Oklahoma.[3]
Benjamin continued to live in Oklahoma, enumerated in the 1920 census in Canadian County, and 1930 census for Oklahoma County.[4] Benjamin Franklin Wilson died April 25, 1934.