Governors of Puerto Rico
| Colony of Puerto Rico (1898–1949) | |
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| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1949–present) | |
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Authority control databases
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Benjamin Jason Horton | |
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| Attorney General of Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1933–1935 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Charles E. Winter |
| Succeeded by | Benigno Fernández García |
| Acting Governor of Puerto Rico | |
| In office January 1934 – February 5, 1934 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Robert Hayes Gore |
| Succeeded by | Blanton C. Winship |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 18, 1873 Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | 1963 (aged 89) Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Benjamin Jason Horton (September 18, 1873 – 1963) was an American politician and one-time acting governor of Puerto Rico.
Horton was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico from 1912 through 1932 and then as a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1932 to 1940.
He was the attorney general of Puerto Rico from 1933 to 1935. During that time, he also served as governor of Puerto Rico from January 1934 to February 5, 1934.[1]
Horton was born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1873. He died at a nursing home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1963.[2]
