{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Benjamin F. Howell |birth_name = Benjamin Franklin Howell |image =Benjamin Franklin Howell.jpg |state = New Jersey |district = 3rd |party = Republican |term = March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911 |preceded = Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer |succeeded = Thomas J. Scully |birth_date = January 27, 1844 |birth_place = Cedarville, New Jersey |death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|2|1|1844|1|27}} |death_place = New Brunswick, New Jersey |spouse = |profession = Politician |resting_place = Christ Cemetery, South Amboy, New Jersey |footnotes = }}

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==Early life and education== Born in Cedarville, New Jersey, Howell attended the common schools, and graduated from Fort Edward Institute, New York.

=== Civil War === He enlisted in the Twelfth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, in 1862 and served until the close of the war.

=== Early career === He engaged in mercantile pursuits in South Amboy, New Jersey, 1865 and was named to the Township Committee, and served as Surrogate of Middlesex County from 1882 to 1892.<ref name=NYTObit/> He served as president of the People's National Bank of New Brunswick, vice president of the New Brunswick Savings Institution, and was a founder and vice president of the First National Bank of South Amboy (now known as Amboy Bank).<ref>Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.), 01 Nov. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Accessed Jan 31, 2019.<http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87068192/1894-11-01/ed-1/seq-1/></ref>

==Congress== Howell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1911. He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.

He served as a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention. He served as a member of the United States Immigration Commission 1907–1910.

==Death== He died at the age of 89 at his home in New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 1, 1933, and was interred in Christ Cemetery, South Amboy, New Jersey.<ref name=NYTObit>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1933/02/02/archives/b-f-howell-dies-long-in-congress-former-representative-from-new.html "B. F. HOWELL DIES; LONG IN CONGRESS; Former Representative From New Jersey for 16 Years - Was 89 Years Old. VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR Served Throughout Conflict in Many Important Battles - Once Head of New Brunswick Bank."], ''The New York Times'', February 2, 1933. Accessed January 30, 2013. "NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. Feb. 1 - Former Representative Benjamin Franklin Howell died here this morning at his home, 32 Union Street, after a month's illness.... After the war, Mr. Howell settled in South Amboy, where he was appointed a member of the Township Committee."</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Benjamin Franklin Howell}} {{Portal|Biography}} {{CongBio|H000857}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#R9M0J165I Benjamin Franklin Howell] at The Political Graveyard *{{Find a Grave|5989049|Benjamin Franklin Howell}}

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