Frank T. Benson

Frank Townley Benson was born in Butler, Maryland. He attended schools in Baltimore County.[1]

In 1891, Benson worked as a stenographer with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1894, he became a secretary with a quarry company in Port Deposit. He served in that role until 1923.[1]

Benson was a Republican. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Cecil County, in 1920.[2] In the 1920s, Benson was an executive secretary for U.S. Senator Joseph I. France.[1]

Benson was chief of the income tax division of the Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue from 1923 to 1933.[1] He then worked as a cost accountant with Black and Decker in Baltimore. He retired from Black and Decker in 1953.[1] In 1954, he worked for the Baltimore Board of Election Supervisors. He remained working with them until his retirement in 1959.[1]

Benson married Helen Stuart Hemmick on July 20, 1898. His wife died in 1964. They had one daughter, Mrs. Clarence I. Benson. As of 1898, Benson lived in Port Deposit.[1][3] He lived in Baltimore from 1923 to 1961. In 1961, he moved to Perryville.[1] He was a member of Govans Methodist Church.[1]

Benson died on December 1, 1967, at the age of 94, at Citizens Nursing Home in Havre de Grace.[1]