Benjamin Joseph Franklin (March 1839 – May 19, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, and territorial governor of Arizona.

Franklin was elected to the State senate of Kansas in 1861, but due to the outbreak of the Civil War never served.

He returned to the United States in 1890 and settled in Phoenix, Arizona, and engaged in the practice of law.

He was appointed Governor of the Territory of Arizona and served from April 18, 1896, to July 29, 1897.

[2] He was interred in Rosedale Cemetery, a section of the Pioneer and Military Memorial Park in Phoenix.