Benjamin T. Cable

Who was Benjamin T. Cable?

Benjamin Taylor Cable was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Cable moved with his parents to Rock Island, Illinois, in September 1856. He attended the public schools and Racine College, Racine, Wisconsin. He was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1876. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and also became interested in various manufacturing enterprises. He served as chairman of the western branch of the Democratic National Committee in 1892. He was chairman of the Democratic executive committee in 1902, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904.

Cable was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892. He engaged in agricultural pursuits as joint owner of a ranch near San Antonio, Texas. He died in Rock Island, Illinois, on December 13, 1923. He was interred in Chippiannock Cemetery.