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Benjamin Howard | |
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| 3rd Governor of Missouri Territory | |
| In office October 11, 1809 – July 1, 1813 | |
| Preceded by | Meriwether Lewis |
| Succeeded by | William Clark |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1807 – April 10, 1810 | |
| Preceded by | John Fowler |
| Succeeded by | William T. Barry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1760 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | September 18, 1814 (aged 53–54) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Education | College of William & Mary |
Benjamin Howard (1760 – September 18, 1814) was a United States Representative (congressman), serving in the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the bicameral Congress of the United States, from Kentucky, the first governor serving 1809-1813 of the new federal Missouri Territory (1812–1821), with its capital city established at St. Louis, the prosperous wealthy river port town on the west bank of the Mississippi River, and a brigadier general of the United States Army in the War of 1812 (1812–1815).