| Benjamin Eggleston | |
| State: | Ohio |
| District: | 1st |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1865 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1869 |
| Preceded: | George H. Pendleton |
| Succeeded: | Peter W. Strader |
| State Senate2: | Ohio |
| District2: | 1st |
| Term Start2: | January 6, 1862 |
| Term End2: | March 3, 1865 |
| Preceded2: | Thomas W. Key George W. Holmes E. A. Ferguson |
| Succeeded2: | W. M. Bateman S. L. Hayden |
| Alongside2: | Thomas H. Whetstone William S. Groesbeck Joshua H. Bates |
| Term Start3: | January 5, 1880 |
| Term End3: | January 1, 1882 |
| Preceded3: | William T. Forrest James M. Armstrong Henry C. Lord Theodore Marsh |
| Succeeded3: | W. M. Yeatman Lewis Balluf Julius Dexter |
| Alongside3: | Charles Fleishman Josiah Kirby |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1816 |
| Birth Place: | Corinth, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Benjamin Eggleston (January 3, 1816 – February 9, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Corinth, New York, Eggleston completed preparatory studies. He moved with his parents to Hocking County, Ohio, in 1831. He moved to Cleveland and worked on a canal boat, later becoming an owner of boats and interested in several companies. He settled in Cincinnati in 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected presiding officer of the city council of Cincinnati. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. Presidential elector for Lincoln/Hamlin in 1860.[1] He served as member of the Ohio Senate 1862–1865.
Eggleston was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress. He again served in the Ohio Senate in 1880 and 1881. He resumed mercantile pursuits. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 9, 1888. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.