# Elmer A. Benson *Governor of Minnesota* Elmer Austin Benson is listed by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as a [[governor]] of [[Minnesota]], in an entry titled *Governor Elmer Benson*.[^1] The Minnesota Historical Society's *Governors of Minnesota* collections carry an entry under his full name.[^2] The National Governors Association also keeps a governor page for him under that name.[^3] The Minnesota Historical Society's online encyclopedia, MNopedia, holds a biographical entry on him.[^4] The Mitchell Hamline History Center lists him in its biographies as "Elmer Benson (SPCL 1918)".[^5] These are catalog-level entries. The record assembled here does not establish his dates of office, his party, or any statute, appointment or veto of his administration, so this article does not describe them.[^1][^2] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - The Minnesota Legislative Reference Library identifies Elmer Benson as a governor of Minnesota.[^1] - The Minnesota Historical Society's governors collections list him as Elmer Austin Benson.[^2] - The National Governors Association lists him under the name "Elmer Austin Benson."[^3] - The Mitchell Hamline History Center lists him with the designation "SPCL 1918."[^5] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, *Governor Elmer Benson* (undated) — governor biography entry identifying Benson as a governor of Minnesota. https://www.lrl.mn.gov/mngov/govbio?govid=15 [^2]: Minnesota Historical Society, *Elmer Austin Benson — Governors of Minnesota* (undated) — governors-collection entry under his full name. https://mnhs.gitlab.io/archive/governors-of-minnesota-collections/collections.mnhs.org/governors/index.php/10004151.html [^3]: National Governors Association, *Elmer Austin Benson* (undated) — governor page under the name Elmer Austin Benson. https://www.nga.org/governor/elmer-austin-benson/ [^4]: Minnesota Historical Society, *Elmer Benson — MNopedia* (undated) — online encyclopedia biographical entry. https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/benson-elmer-1895-1985 [^5]: Mitchell Hamline History Center, *Elmer Benson (SPCL 1918)* (undated) — biographical entry listing him as SPCL 1918. https://mitchellhamline.edu/history/biography/elmer-benson-18/