Benjamin Bentley Blackburn (February 14, 1927 – December 3, 2024) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, who served from 1967 to 1975.
Career
In 1966, Blackburn was elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress, having narrowly defeated freshman incumbent James MacKay by 360 votes.[1] In that same election fellow Republican Bo Callaway challenged the Democrat Lester Maddox.[2][3] Blackburn was reelected to Congress in the three succeeding terms but was unsuccessful in a campaign for reelection in 1974.
Blackburn served as president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation from 1976 until 1985. In 1982, he ran for Governor of Georgia, but was defeated in the Republican primary by State Senator Bob Bell.[4] Bell then lost in the general election to the Democrat Joe Frank Harris.
Death
Blackburn died on December 3, 2024 in Jasper, Georgia at the age of 97.[5]
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