The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 180,022 politicians, living and dead.

• The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
• The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
• Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.
• The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/benton.html
• Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
• If you are searching for a specific individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.
• More information: FAQ; privacy policy; cemetery links.
• If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you have information to share, please see the biographical checklist and submission guidelines.
• Copyright notice. Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2008 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
  

The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. Web hosting is provided by Paul Haas, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on June 16, 2008.