American politician

Benjamin Penfield Mead (September 21, 1849 – March 19, 1913) was Connecticut State Comptroller from 1895 to 1899, a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing New Canaan from 1885 to 1889, and a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1889 to 1892.

He was the son of Benjamin Close Mead and Mary Elizabeth Rich of Greenwich.

In 1902, he was a delegate to the Connecticut Cons*utional Convention. He died in 1913 after an illness.

References

• Commemorative biographical record of Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Taylor's Souvenir of the Capitol
• Evening Post Annual - Biographical Sketches