Taylor M. Benson (November 2, 1926September 25, 2004) was a member of the

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Biography

Benson was born in

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to Marguerite Regan and Charles Carpenter Benson. He had a brother John, born 5 years earlier. He attended high school in

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before graduating from the

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. During

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and the

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, he served in the

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and the

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.''U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010'' (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011. He was a

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by trade. Benson was a member of the

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, the

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, the

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, the Christian Family Movement, the

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and the

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. Benson married Carol Marie Bauhs in January 1954. Together, they had four children: Kevin Charles, Mary Victoria, Geoffrey Regan, and Pamela Maureen.

Political career

Benson was elected to the Senate in 1964 and became Assistant Minority Leader. He was a

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References

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