Benjamin Muse
| Benjamin Muse | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 8th district |
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In office January 8, 1936 – September 11, 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Gilliam, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Morton G. Goode |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Benjamin Muse April 17, 1898 Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 1986 (aged 88) Reston, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic (before 1936) |
| Spouse(s) | Beatriz de Regil |
| Children | Benjamin Muse III |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College George Washington University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom United States
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| Service/branch |
British Army United States Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 1942–1944 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Unit |
King's Royal Rifle Corps Adjutant General's Corps |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
Benjamin Muse (April 17, 1898 – May 4, 1986) was an American lawyer, soldier, diplomat, newspaper publisher, author and politician. He briefly who served as a member of the Virginia Senate (switching allegiances from the Democratic to the Republican Party and was defeated when he ran as an Independent for the Petersburg, Virginia seat; he resigned as a result of that switch). In 1941 Muse, running as the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia, lost overwhelmingly to Democrat Colgate Darden, a member of the state's Byrd Organization. Later, Muse lived in Manassas, Virginia, from where he opposed and chronicled the Massive Resistance crisis fostered by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd and Richmond newspaperman James J. Kilpatrick as they fomented opposition to the United States Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education which overturned racial segregation in public schools.
Muse was born in Durham, North Carolina, on April 17, 1898. He was raised in Petersburg, Virginia and attended Trinity College (now Duke University). After his wartime service discussed below, Muse attended graduate school at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
While serving in Mexico in 1925, Muse married Beatriz de Regil (1901-1983) from Merida, Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula. They had two sons—Benjamin Muse Jr. (1927-2012) (born during his father's posting in Paris, France) and Paul Muse (of Suffolk, Virginia)--as well as daughters Katherine Furcron of Cuernavaca, Mexico Phillipa Millard of Gainesville, Virginia and Carlota Rokita of Vienna, Austria.
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