Background
Benson, Allan L. was born on November 6, 1871 in Plainwell, Michigan, United States. Son of Adelbert L. and Rose (Morris) Benson.
Benson, Allan L. was born on November 6, 1871 in Plainwell, Michigan, United States. Son of Adelbert L. and Rose (Morris) Benson.
Public school education.
Assistant managing editor Detroit Journal, 1897-1901. Managing editor Detroit Times, 1901-1906. Managing editor Washington (District of Columbia) Times, 1906-1907.
Writer political and economic subjects, Pearson’s Magazine, 1908-1916.
Signed editorials, Appeal to Reason, Girard, Kansas, 1914-1916. Nominee of Socialist Party for President of the United States, 1916.
Resigned from party, 1918, because of its attitude toward the government during the war. Founded, 1918 (with William F. Cochran, of Baltimore), Reconstruction Magazine.
Wrote: Socialism Made Plain, 1904.
The Usurped Power of the Courts, 1911. The Truth About Socialism (9th edit), 1913. Our Dishonest Constitution, 1914.
A Way to Prevent War, 1915.
Inviting War to America, 1916. The New Henry Ford, 1923.
The Story of Geology, 1927. Daniel Webster, a biography, 1929.
Home: Yonkers, New New York
Married Mary Hugh, November 19, 1899. Children: Mary, Welton H., Allan L., James A. On reportorial or editorial staffs of newspapers in Chicago, Salt Lake and San Francisco, 1890-1897.