Steve Benson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steve Benson
Occupation	Editorial Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1954(1954-01-02)
Age	70
Birthplace	Sacramento
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Capricorn

Steve Benson Biography

Steve Benson is one of the most popular and richest Editorial Cartoonist who was born on January 2, 1954 in Sacramento, California, United States. Stephen Reed Benson (born January 2nd, 1954 located in Sacramento, California), is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

Benson was presented with his 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning He was also an official Pulitzer finalist four times in the years 1984 and 1989, as well as 1992 and 1994. He also has won numerous other prizes. Benson was President for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. His cartoons have appeared in numerous books.

In 1993, Benson confronted more controversy in his own LDS Church, when he declared the fact that his father, who was approaching his 94th birthday, suffered from the senility, which was hidden by church leaders. The following the same year Benson abruptly left his church. He is now an opponent of religion as he spoke at the Freedom from Religion’s annual conferences and writing in the magazine Freethought Today, “If, as the true believers claim, the word ‘gospel’ means good news, then the good news for me is that there is no gospel, other than what I can define for myself, by observation and conscience. As a freethinking human being, I have come not to favor or fear religion, but to face and fight it as an impediment to civilized advancement.”

Steve Benson Net Worth

Steve Benson is one of the richest Editorial Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Benson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the latter part of the 1980s, he was initially a fan but later became a prominent critic in the case of Evan Mecham, the first Mormon to become as governor in Arizona. Benson’s comments caused controversy among members of Arizona’s Mormon population, prompting several LDS Church members to seek the assistance of his grandfather on the issue. As a result of this controversy governor Mecham phoned Benson and advised him to stop drawing negative cartoons of him otherwise his eternal soul could be put in danger. Benson was then removed from his post on the High Council of the stake.

Benson is the grandson of Benson, the former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the former LDS Church president Ezra Taft Benson was a student at Brigham Young University, from where he graduated cum laude and then became the cartoonist of the Arizona Republic in 1980. Benson was transferred towards Tacoma Morning News Tribune in 1990. Tacoma Morning News Tribune in 1990, and then returned in his home in the Arizona Republic in 1991, and was there until January 2019. Benson is currently the cartoonist on The political site AZMirror which is where his art is all over the country through Creators Syndicate.

In 1997, a Benson cartoon used the image of a firefighter carrying a dead child to comment on the death sentence that had just been imposed on Oklahoma City bombing defendant Timothy McVeigh. Benson forcefully defended his work against some readers’ contentions that the cartoon was insensitive.

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Who is Steve Benson Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Editorial Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steve Benson celebrates birthday on January 2 of every year.

What is Steve Benson doing now?

Benson is now the staff political cartoonist for Arizona Mirror news and his work continues to be nationally distributed by Creators Syndicate.

Who is Stephen Benson?

Steven Wayne Benson (July 26, 1951 – July 3, 2015) was an American convicted double murderer of his mother, tobacco heiress Margaret Benson; and his brother (actually his nephew but later adopted), tennis player Scott Benson.

Is Carol Lynn Benson still alive?

Also in the car were her two children, 21-year-old Scott, who died, and 41 -year-old Carol Lynn, who was badly injured but survived.

Who inherited the Benson tobacco fortune?

Steven Benson’s children – Elizabeth Benson, 5; Christopher Logan Benson, 5; and Natalie Nichole Benson, 4 – are entitled to inherit from their grandmother’s estate , the judge said.

Is Stephen Benson still alive?

July 3, 2015