{{Short description|American politician (1821–1894)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jared Benson | image = | order = 4th | office = Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | term_start = 1861 | term_end = 1862 | predecessor = Amos Coggswell | successor = Charles D. Sherwood | order2 = 6th | office2 = Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | term_start2 = 1864 | term_end2 = 1864 | predecessor2 = Charles D. Sherwood | successor2 = Thomas H. Armstrong | office3 = Minnesota State Representative from the 4th District | term_start3 = January 8, 1861 | term_end3 = January 5, 1863 | term_start4 = January 5, 1864 | term_end4 = January 2, 1865 | office5 = Minnesota State Representative from the 25th District | term_start5 = January 7, 1879 | term_end5 = January 3, 1881 | office6 = Minnesota State Representative from the 28th District | term_start6 = January 8, 1889 | term_end6 = January 5, 1891 | birth_date = {{birth date text|1821}} | birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1894|5|9|1821}} | alma_mater = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | profession = Farmer }}

'''Jared Benson''' (1821 in Worcester, Massachusetts &ndash; May 9, 1894) was a Minnesota politician and a former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Benson served two stints as speaker, from 1861 to 1862, and again in 1864. He also served as a regent of the University of Minnesota.<ref>[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11230 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]</ref>

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