Jay Rogers Benton was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General

Massachusetts Attorney General

The Massachusetts Attorney General is an elected executive officer of the Massachusetts Government. The office of Attorney-General was abolished in 1843 and re-established in 1849. The current Attorney General is Martha Coakley....

 from 1923–1927.

The son of Republican politician Everett Chamberlin Benton

Everett Chamberlin Benton

Everett Chamberlin Benton was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1904, and the Republican candidate for Massachusetts governor in 1912.-Biography:...

, Benton worked as a banker, newspaper publisher, and lawyer before pursuing a career in politics. Benton was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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 in 1917, but resigned the following year to become Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts. When Attorney General J. Weston Allen

J. Weston Allen

John Weston Allen was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1915–1918 and as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1920–1923.As Attorney General, Allen was aggressive in his pursuit of white collar criminals...

 decided not to run for reelection in 1922, Benton was elected to succeed him.

From 1937 until his death in 1953, Benton was president of the Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company.