Jay Rogers Benton (1885-1953) - Find a Grave Memorial

Jay Rogers Benton

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18 Oct 1885

Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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4 Nov 1953 (aged 68)

Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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Belmont Cemetery

Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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Jay Rogers Benton-He was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1923–1927. The son of Republican politician Everett Chamberlin Benton, Benton worked as a banker, newspaper publisher, and lawyer before pursuing a career in politics. Benton was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1917, but resigned the following year to become Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts. When Attorney General J. Weston Allen decided not to run for reelection in 1922, Benton was elected to succeed him. From 1937 until his death in 1953, Benton was president of the Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company.

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