# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmer-austin-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:37:10.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmer-austin-benson"
name: "Elmer Austin Benson"
slug: "elmer-austin-benson"
description: "Elmer Austin Benson was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. In 1935, Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas Schall. He served as the 24th governor of Minnesota, defeating Republican Martin Nelson in a landslide in Minnesota's 1936 gubernatorial election. He lost the governorship two years later to Republican Harold Stassen in the 1938 gubernatorial election."
tagline: "American politician (1895-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elmer_A._Benson%2C_1938.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1895-09-22"
deathDate: "1985-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27714266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Elmer Austin Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump