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{{Infobox officeholder | birth_name = Benjamin Franklin Howey | name = Benjamin F. Hosey | image = Benjamin Franklin Howey (New Jersey Congressman).jpg | state = New Jersey | district = 4th | party = Republican | term = March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | preceded = Henry S. Harris | succeeded = James N. Pidcock | office1 = Sheriff of Warren County, New Jersey | term_start1 = November 13, 1878 | term_end1 = November 15, 1881 | birth_date = March 17, 1828 | birth_place = Pleasant Meadows, New Jersey | death_date = {{Death date and age|1893|2|6|1828|3|17}} | death_place = Columbia, New Jersey, USA | spouse = | profession = Politician, Lawyer | footnotes = | battles = American Civil War | rank = Captain | branch = Union Army | allegiance = United States | service_years = 1862-1863 | resting_place = Trinity Church Cemetery, Swedesboro }} '''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=== {{Election box begin | title=New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1886<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1715 |title=Guide to U.S. Elections |date= 24 December 2015|isbn=9781483380353 |access-date=2016-01-25|last1=Kalb |first1=Deborah }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Robert Stockton Green | votes = 109,939 | percentage = 47.44% | change = {{decrease}} 2.49 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Benjamin Franklin Howey | votes = 101,919 | percentage = 43.98% | change = {{decrease}} 2.67 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Prohibition Party | candidate = Clinton B. Fisk | votes = 19,808 | percentage = 8.55% | change = {{increase}} 6.55 }} {{Election box majority| | votes = | percentage = | change = }} {{Election box total| | votes = 231,666 | percentage = 100.00% | change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Democratic Party (United States) | loser = | swing = }} {{Election box end}}
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} {{CongBio|H000869}} Retrieved on 2009-03-25 *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howells-howey.html#R9M0J178H Benjamin Franklin Howey] at The Political Graveyard *{{Find a Grave|6904386|accessdate=2009-03-25}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=New Jersey| district=4 | district_ord=th | before= Henry S. Harris| after= James N. Pidcock| years=March 4, 1883–March 3, 1885 }} {{s-ppo}} {{succession box| title= Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey| before=Jonathan Dixon| after=Edward Burd Grubb Jr.| years=1886}} {{s-end}}
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