Benjamin Jason Horton

Benjamin Jason Horton (born September 8, 1873 in Lawrence , Kansas , †  1963 ) was an American politician and in 1934 acting governor of Puerto Rico .

Career

Benjamin Horton was born in Lawrence and later began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . At an unknown point in time, he came to Puerto Rico. Between 1912 and 1932 he took part for this territory as a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions , on which 1912 and 1916 Woodrow Wilson and 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt were nominated as presidential candidates. From 1932 to 1940 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee .

Between 1933 and 1935 he held the office of Attorney General of Puerto Rico. During this time he was appointed acting governor there in January 1934. He held this post for about a month. He bridged the time between the departure of his predecessor Robert Hayes Gore and the inauguration of the new governor Blanton Winship . After 1940, the trail of Jason Horton is lost.

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