Benjamin Fontaine

Benjamin F. Fontaine (February 27, 1837 – January 9, 1910) was a Belgian American hardware merchant and politician.

He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1880 and 1881, representing northeast Brown County.

[2] Fontaine was one of the first Belgian-American immigrants to northeastern Wisconsin to serve in the Assembly; others included Joseph Wery, Constant Martin, John B. Eugene and Grégoire Dupont.

[1] Immediately following his time in the Assembly, Fontaine served two terms on the Green Bay City Council.

[3] In 1892, Fontaine was a founding member of the Belgian Republicans Club in Green Bay.