Philip Allen Bennett (March 5, 1881 – December 7, 1942) was a Republican politician from the state of Missouri.

[1] Following his graduation from Buffalo High School Bennett attended Springfield Normal and Business College (now Missouri State University), earning his degree in 1902.

[2] He taught two years in Missouri public schools and worked for the Frisco Railroad before purchasing the Buffalo Reflex newspaper in 1904.

Bennett served only one term because he ran for, and won election as, Missouri lieutenant governor in 1924.

Philip Bennett died in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 1942, shortly before the beginning of his second term in Congress.