Benjamin Shurtleff (September 7, 1821 – December 21, 1911) was an American politician and physician from California.

[3][4] He was born September 7, 1821, in Carver, Massachusetts to Hannah Shaw and Charles Shurtleff.

[2] He studied medicine with his brother, Dr. G. A. Shurtleff, and with Dr. Elisha Huntington of Lowell, Massachusetts.

[2] In 1849, he traveled to California and settled in Shasta County, where he began practicing medicine.

[1][2] While on a trip to New England, he married Anna M. B. Griffith, who was born in Middleboro, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1853[2] They had three sons, Benjamin E. Shurtleff, Charles A. Shurleff, and George C.