Benjamin Franklin Grady (October 10, 1831 – March 6, 1914) was a teacher, US Congressman and author from North Carolina.

He was born near Sarecta, in Albertson Township, Duplin County, North Carolina, October 10, 1831.

He was teaching mathematics and natural sciences at Austin College in Texas when the Civil War began.

He left to join the Confederate Army, serving in Company K, 25th Regiment of the Texas Cavalry.

In 1890 he defeated African-American Republican John S. Leary in a race for a seat in the US House of Representatives.[when?