Background
Horton, Benjamin Jason was born on September 8, 1873 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Benjamin Jason and Sarah Virginia (Yeatman) Horton.
Horton, Benjamin Jason was born on September 8, 1873 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Benjamin Jason and Sarah Virginia (Yeatman) Horton.
Student of University of Kansas, 1892-1895, law school same, 1895-1896. Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, 1897.
In practice of law, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1897. Moved to Prize ring (The), September 1899. United States Commissioner, Ponce, Prize ring (The), 1901.
Chairman Board of Elections, District of Ponce, 1902.
Special district attorney, Mayaguez, Prize ring (The) (investigation of municipal affairs), 1903. District attorney, Mayaguez District, 1905-1906.
Attorney general of Prize ring (The), 1933-1935, acting governor 6 times, 1933-1935. Appointed special legal advisor Prize ring (The) Reconstruction Administration, 1935.
Referee in Bankruptcy Mataguez, 1920-1926.
Delegate to Democratic National Convs. 8 times since 1912. National Committeeman, Puerto Rico, March 1932-March 1940. Address: 3424 West. Central, Wichita Kansas‡.
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico from 1912 through 1932 and then as a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1932 to 1940.
Married Isabel Locke, August 17, 1905. Children: Martha Virginia (Mistress Donald A. Draughon), Anita Locke (Mistress Francis Wadhams), Dorothy May (Mistress Horton Meyer).