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Benton

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Ben·ton 1  (bntn), Thomas Hart Called "Old Bullion." 1782-1858.
American legislator. A U.S. senator (1821-1851) and representative (1853-1855) from Missouri, he staunchly opposed the use of paper currency.
Benton 2, Thomas Hart 1889-1975.
American artist whose paintings and murals, such as The History of Missouri, were executed in a flat, realistic style known as regionalism and portrayed life in the Midwest and South.
Benton [ˈbɛntən]
n
(Biographies / Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975) M, US, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Thomas Hart. 1889-1975, US painter of rural life; a leader of the American Regionalist painters in the 1930s
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Noun1.BentonBenton - United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)
Thomas Hart Benton
2.Benton - United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)
Old Bullion, Thomas Hart Benton


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Benton, an actual United States Senator, proved an overwhelming disappointment -- for he was not twenty-five feet high, nor even anywhere in the neighborhood of it.
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Late at night, two years after the Chicago Commune, Ernest and I arrived together at the Benton Harbor refuge.
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