Benjamin James Tarbutton (May 14, 1885 – September 19, 1962), was a businessman and politician in Georgia. Early life Benjamin James Tarbutton was born on May 14, 1885 in Sandersville, Georgia. He graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia in 1905. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Career After working in his father's mercantile business, he purchased the Sandersville Railroad in 1916, and was the president and director of the Central of Georgia Railroad from 1951 to 1954. He was involved in starting the kaolin mining industry to Sandersville. He was mayor of Sandersville from 1948 to 1952, a member Georgia State Senate from 1947 to 1949 and of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953, and a member of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1952 and 1956. Personal life Tarbutton married Rosa Moore McMaster of Waynesboro, Georgia on November 22, 1928. They had two children, Ben and Hugh. Death Tarbutton died on September 19, 1962 in Sandersville. He was buried at the Old City Cemetery in Sandersville. References 1885 births 1962 deaths Emory University alumni Members of the Georgia House of Representatives Georgia (U.S. state) state senators People from Sandersville, Georgia 20th-century American politicians