Benjamin F. Haines

Benjamin Franklin Haines
Benjamin Franklin Haines in 1911
Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida
8th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office 1915–1922
Preceded by	Charles S. Taylor
Succeeded by	Richard B. Coolidge
Majority	130
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention Representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office June 6, 1917 – April 6, 1918
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 28th Middlesex District
In office 1911 – 1914
Member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen
In office 1908 – 1910
Personal details
Born	November 25, 1876 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	1942 (aged 65–66) Orange County, Florida
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Carrie Gibbs Bly
Children	Webber Bly Haines, b. April 3, 1906. Lewis DeMaugh Haines.
Residence	52 Central Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts (1915)
Alma mater	Brown University,Boston University School of Law, 1899
Occupation	Citrus grower (1935)
Profession	Attorney, 1902

Benjamin Franklin Haines (November 25, 1876 – 1942) was a Massachusetts attorney and politician and a Florida businessman. Haines served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as the eighth Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts and as the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Haines the son of American businessman John DeMaugh Haines. and Kate Luslie (Phillips) was born in Boston, Massachusetts Haines on November 25, 1876.

On June 11, 1902 Haines married teacher Carrie Gibbs Bly, the daughter of William L. Bly and Ella F. (Gibbs) Bly in New Bedford, Massachusetts. They had two children, Webber Bly Haines, born April 3, 1906 and Lewis DeMaugh Haines.

Beginning in 1900, Haines practiced law in Boston.

In the municipal elections of December 8, 1914 Haines was elected the Mayor of Medford, defeating two term Mayor Charies S. Taylor by 130 votes.

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, Haines was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

In the municipal elections of 1931 Haines was elected the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.