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Benjamin Holmes (8 August 1846-14 January 1914) was the Democratic Mayor of Kansas City from 1890 to 1892, succeeding Joseph J. Davenport and preceding William S. Cowherd.

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Benjamin Holmes was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1846, and he operated a livestock commission firm in Kansas City before serving as Mayor from 1890 to 1892. He died in 1914.