Samuel Otis Bennion (June 9, 1874 – March 8, 1945[1]) was a member of the First Council of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1933 until his death.
In this capacity, Bennion supervised all the church missionaries and church members in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
He also supervised the publication of Liahona the Elders Journal and a publishing house.
In 1933, Bennion became a member of the First Council of the Seventy and a general authority of the church.
He died at Salt Lake City of a coronary occlusion.