Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr. (November 25, 1896 – January 21, 1977), was an American businessman who served as the 33rd governor of Arkansas from 1945 to 1949.

Laney owned a drugstore in Conway, dealt in real estate, and had interests in cotton gins, feed, and banking.

Sims declined to pursue a party runoff election, and Laney was declared the Democratic nominee.

During the Laney administration, the Public Utilities Commission was formed and funds were appropriated for a stadium to be built in Little Rock.

Laney sat out a gubernatorial term and unsuccessfully attempted to regain office in 1950, but he failed to unseat the more liberal Democratic incumbent, Sidney Sanders McMath.

Laney died of a heart attack in Magnolia, the seat of Columbia County south of Camden.