Carville Benson

Carville Dickinson Benson (August 24, 1872 – February 8, 1929) was a U.S. From 1918 to 1921, Congressman representing the second Congressional District of Maryland.

Born near Halethorpe in Baltimore County, Maryland, Benson attended preparatory schools and Lehigh University of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1890. He graduated from University of Baltimore’s law department in 1893 and was admitted to the Bar the following year.

Benson served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1904 to 1910 and again in 1918, serving as Speaker of the House in 1906. He also served as a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1912 to 1914.

Benson was elected in 1918 as a Democrat at the Sixty fiveth Congress to fill the vacancy left by Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott’s death. He was re-elected to that Congress from November 5, 1918 through March 3, 1921. In 1920, he was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection to the Sixth-seventh Congress.

After Congress, Benson resumed the practice of law in Baltimore, Maryland, and resided in Halethorpe. In 1924, he was elected the State insurance commissioner for Maryland. He served until his death at Baltimore. He is interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery of Brooklyn, Maryland.