Please answer the following question: Henry Wetherby Benchley (February 20 1822 February 24 1867) was an American politician. A state senator and the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts he helped found the Republican Party in the 1850s.Benchley was allegedly jailed for helping run an Underground Railroad station and died in Houston Texas shortly after founding a small township nearby Benchley Texas. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder