<page_title> List of Presidents of the Methodist Conference </page_title> <section_title> 1791–1819 </section_title> <table> <cell> 1798 <col_header> Year of election </col_header> <col_header> 1791 </col_header> <col_header> 1792 </col_header> <col_header> 1793 </col_header> <col_header> 1794 </col_header> <col_header> 1795 </col_header> <col_header> 1796 </col_header> <col_header> 1797 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Joseph Benson <col_header> President of Wesleyan Methodist Conference </col_header> <row_header> 1798 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1810 <col_header> Year of election </col_header> <col_header> 1791 </col_header> <col_header> 1792 </col_header> <col_header> 1793 </col_header> <col_header> 1794 </col_header> <col_header> 1795 </col_header> <col_header> 1796 </col_header> <col_header> 1797 </col_header> <col_header> 1798 </col_header> <col_header> 1799 </col_header> <col_header> 1800 </col_header> <col_header> 1801 </col_header> <col_header> 1802 </col_header> <col_header> 1803 </col_header> <col_header> 1804 </col_header> <col_header> 1805 </col_header> <col_header> 1806 </col_header> <col_header> 1807 </col_header> <col_header> 1808 </col_header> <col_header> 1809 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Joseph Benson <col_header> President of Wesleyan Methodist Conference </col_header> <row_header> 1810 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Benson was president of the Methodist conference in 1798 and 1810.