Benjamin Faville DuBois, Jr. (November 2, 1915 – January 7, 2013) was an American banker and politician. Born in

Sauk Centre, Minnesota Sauk Centre ( ) is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,555 at the 2020 census. Sauk Centre is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sauk Centre is the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis, a noveli ...

, DuBois served in the

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. DuBois was a banker and worked at the First State Bank of Sauk Centre. He also worked for the Minnesota Banking Department. From 1941 to 1946, DuBois was the postmaster of Sauk Centre. From 1963 to 1969, he served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

and was a

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. DuBois died in his native Sauk Centre, Minnesota, aged 97, and was survived by two daughters.Minnesota Legislators Past and Present=Benjamin DuBois
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