Benjamin Franklin Howey

Benjamin Franklin Howey (March 17, 1828 – February 6, 1893) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1883 to 1885.

Early life and career Howey was born in Pleasant Meadows, near Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.

He engaged in business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a flour and grain commission merchant in 1847 and later in quarrying and manufacturing slate.

Civil War He served as captain of Company G, Thirty-first Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, from September 3, 1862, to June 26, 1863.

He later served as sheriff of Warren County, New Jersey, from November 13, 1878, to November 15, 1881.

Congress Howey was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885.

In 1886, Howey would become the Republican candidate for the 1886 New Jersey gubernatorial election, but lose to Robert S. Green.

Death He died in Columbia, New Jersey, and is interred in Trinity Church Cemetery in Swedesboro.

Electoral history New Jersey Governor