Benjamin Franklin Howell (January 27, 1844 – February 1, 1933) was an American banker and Civil War veteran who served eight terms as a Republican Party politician, representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.

Born in Cedarville, New Jersey, Howell attended the common schools, and graduated from Fort Edward Institute, New York.

He enlisted in the Twelfth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, in 1862 and served until the close of the war.

He engaged in mercantile pursuits in South Amboy, New Jersey, 1865 and was named to the Township Committee, and served as Surrogate of Middlesex County from 1882 to 1892.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses).