Background
Benson, John Cabot was born on February 27, 1890 in Heron Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Wesley and Mary Harriet (Cabot) Benson.
Benson, John Cabot was born on February 27, 1890 in Heron Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Wesley and Mary Harriet (Cabot) Benson.
Student Hamline University, University of Wisconsin, also University of Minnesota.
Admitted to Minnesota bar, 1912. Practiced in that state. Member Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis President Associate Finance Company.
Director, member executive committee Minneapolis Gas Company.
Director Federal Cartridge Corporation Counsel, director, Executive Committee Minneapolis War Chest, 1941-1945. Organizer, 1st attorney Minneapolis Legal Aid.
Member Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis President Associate Finance Company. Member American, Minnesota, Hennepin County (president 1938-1939) bar associations, Sons of the American Revolution, Mayflower Society, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Edna Frances Server, June 10, 1914. Married second, Sara Wingate Jordan, December 29, 1951. Children: Margaret Eleanor (Mistress Clark R. Fletcher, Junior.