Ben F. Jensen
U.S. Congressperson
1892 – 1970
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Who was Ben F. Jensen?
Benton Franklin Jensen served thirteen consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district in the southwestern corner of the state. While on the floor of the U.S. House on March 1, 1954, he was one of five Congressmen wounded by gunfire from a Puerto Rican Nationalists firing from a visitors' gallery.
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- Born
- Dec 16, 1892
Marion - Also known as
- Benton Franklin Jensen
- Ben Jensen
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Iowa
- Died
- Feb 5, 1970
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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