Reuben Benoni Showalter (June 3, 1842 – January 27, 1912) was an American mason, banker, and Republican politician from Grant County, Wisconsin.
During the American Civil War, he served with the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment of the Union Army.
[3] Other positions he held include alderman and Mayor of Lancaster and Chairman Grant County, Wisconsin board of supervisors.
His father died when he was a young child, and he moved with his mother and siblings to a farm in the town of Lancaster, in Grant County, Wisconsin.
His eldest brother, Levi, was second lieutenant of Company C in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and was wounded at Gettysburg.