{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Benjamin M. Golder | image = Benjamin M. Golder.jpg | caption = | state = Pennsylvania | district = 4th | term_start = March 4, 1925 | term_end = March 3, 1933 | preceded = George W. Edmonds | succeeded = George W. Edmonds | office2 = Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | term2 = 1916–1924 | birth_date = {{birth date|1891|12|23}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1946|12|30|1891|12|23}} | birth_place = Alliance, New Jersey, U.S. | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | party = Republican | alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania Law School | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | battles = World War I | mawards = }}
'''Benjamin Martin Golder''' (December 23, 1891 – December 30, 1946) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Fourth District.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1946/12/31/archives/benjamin-m-golder-excongressman-54.html Benjamin M. Golder, Ex-Congressman, 54]" (obituary). New York, New York: ''The New York Times'', December 31, 1946 (subscription required).</ref><ref>"[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/13889?current_search_qs=%3FPreviousSearch%3DSearch%252cLastName%252c%252c%252c%252c%252cFalse%252cFalse%252cFalse%252c%252cLastName%26CurrentPage%3D334%26SortOrder%3DLastName%26ResultType%3DList%26Command%3D335 Golder, Benjamin Martin]" (biography), in "History, Art & Archives." Washington, D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives, retrieved online December 19, 2022.</ref><ref>"[https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000259 Golder, Benjamin Martin]" (biography), in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives retrieved online December 19, 2022.</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/154526806/?terms=%22Benjamin%20M.%20Golder%22&match=1 Philadelphia Lawyer Dies]." Wilmington, Delaware: ''The News Journal'', December 31, 1946, p. 13 (subscription required).</ref>
==Biography== Benjamin Golder was born in Alliance, New Jersey (in Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey). He moved with his parents to Philadelphia in 1893. He graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1913.<ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), in "History, Art & Archives," U.S. House of Representatives.</ref><ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'', U.S. House of Representatives.</ref>
He enlisted in the Naval Aviation Service during World War I and was honorably discharged as ensign after the Armistice. He became a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving from 1916 to 1924.<ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), in "History, Art & Archives," U.S. House of Representatives.</ref><ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'', U.S. House of Representatives.</ref>
He was elected in 1924 as a Republican to the 69th Congress, and represented Pennsylvania's Fourth District.<ref>"Philadelphia Lawyer Dies," ''The News Journal'', December 31, 1946.</ref> He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932 and for election in 1940. He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia until the Second World War. He was commissioned a captain in the United States Army on February 5, 1943, and served until discharged as a lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1945.<ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), in "History, Art & Archives," U.S. House of Representatives.</ref><ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'', U.S. House of Representatives.</ref>
In 1930, he married Peggy Mastbaum,<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/868409687/?terms=%22Benjamin%20M.%20Golder%22&match=1 Benjamin M. Golder Dies; Former House Member]." Washington, D.C.: ''Evening Star'', December 31, 1946, p. 7 (subscription required).</ref> daughter of Etta Wedell Mastbaum and Jules E. Mastbaum. Golder was the younger brother of historian Frank A. Golder (1877–1929), an academic expert on the history of Imperial Russia.<ref>Terence Emmons and Bertrand M. Patenaude (eds.), "Introduction" to ''War, Revolution, and Peace in Russia: The Passages of Frank Golder, 1914–1927.'' Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1992; pp. xi–xi.</ref>
He died at his home in Philadelphia on December 30, 1946, following a brief illness,<ref>"Philadelphia Lawyer Dies," ''The News Journal'', December 31, 1946.</ref><ref>"Benjamin M. Golder Dies; Former House Member," ''Evening Star'', December 31, 1946.</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/451083299/?terms=%22Benjamin%20M.%20Golder%22&match=1 Benjamin M. Golder: Former State and National Legislator Taken by Death at 54]." Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: ''Public Opinion'', December 31, 1946, p. 2 (subscription required).</ref> and was buried at that city's Mount Sinai Cemetery.<ref>"Benjamin M. Golder, Ex-Congressman, 54" (obituary), ''The New York Times'', December 31, 1946.</ref><ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), in "History, Art & Archives," U.S. House of Representatives.</ref><ref>"Golder, Benjamin Martin" (biography), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'', U.S. House of Representatives.</ref>
==See also== * List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
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