List of Famous people named Benjamin

Benjamin Albertson Willis was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Benjamin Stoddert was the first United States Secretary of the Navy from May 1, 1798, to March 31, 1801.

Benjamin Taliaferro was a politician and United States Representative from Georgia. He had served in the Revolutionary War, reaching the rank of captain. An attorney, he was later appointed as a judge of the county court and the Georgia Superior Court. He also served in the Georgia Senate and as a delegate to the state's constitutional convention of 1798.

Benjamin Tappan was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio and a United States Senator from Ohio.

Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier was a Swiss genre painter and illustrator.

Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio from 1851 to 1869. He is known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans including support for civil rights, women's suffrage, and trade unions. Had the 1868 impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson led to a conviction in the Senate, as president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, Wade would have become president for the remaining nine months of Johnson's term.

Benjamin Stephenson was the Congressional Delegate for the Illinois Territory from 1814 until 1817, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention which enabled Illinois' statehood.

Benjamin Williams was the 11th and 14th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 1799 to 1802 and from 1807 to 1808. He was the first of two North Carolina Governors since the American Revolution to serve nonconsecutive terms.