Benjamin Travis Laney

Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr. (25 November 1896 – 21 January 1977), was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1945-1949.

He successfully ran for Governor of Arkansas in 1944 and 1946. During his administration, the Public Utilities Commission was formed and funds were appropriated for a stadium to be built in Little Rock. Plans were also formed for the construction of an official Governor's Mansion.

In 1948, Laney supported the unsuccessful Dixiecrat breakaway candidate Strom Thurmond in the presidential election.

Laney was a delegate to the 1969 Arkansas Constitutional Convention.

Laney died of a heart attack in Magnolia, the seat of Columbia County south of Camden. He is interred in the Camden Memorial Cemetery in Camden.

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