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{{Short description|American politician (1755–1821)}}
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{{Infobox Officeholder
|name               = Benjamin Howland
|jr/sr1             = United States Senator
|state1             = [[Rhode Island]]
|term_start1        = October 29, 1804
|term_end1          = March 3, 1809
|predecessor1       = [[Samuel J. Potter]]
|successor1         = [[Francis Malbone]]
|office2            = Member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]]
|term2              = 1810
|birth_date         = {{birth date|1755|7|27}}
|birth_place        = [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], [[Rhode Island]]
|death_date         = {{death date and age|1821|5|1|1755|7|27}}
|death_place        = [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], [[Rhode Island]]
|party               = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
}}
'''Benjamin Howland''' (July 27, 1755 – May 1, 1821) was a [[United States senator]] from [[Rhode Island]]. Born in [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, was collector of taxes in 1801, town [[auditor]] in 1802, and town [[Moderator (town official)|moderator]] in 1805. He was a member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]] in 1810 and a [[general officer|general]] in the State militia during the [[War of 1812]].

Howland was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Samuel J. Potter]] and served from October 29, 1804, until March 3, 1809. He died in Tiverton in 1821; interment was in the family lot on his estate.

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| before=[[Samuel J. Potter]]|
| after=[[Francis Malbone]]|
| years=1804–1809
| alongside= [[Christopher Ellery]], [[James Fenner]], [[Elisha Mathewson]]}}
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