Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Zuwa farkon yakin juyin juya halin Amurka, Benson ya amince da tafarkin 'Ya'yan Liberty kuma ya ba da, a wani mataki, damar da ya samu na sana'a sannan ya bude haske kuma ya ba da kansa ga kasarsa: wadannan kokarin sun nuna darajar mutumin wannan mataki ga duka jiharsa da kuma dalilin da ya taimaka. Ya taimaka wa 'Ya'yan Liberty, waɗanda ke cikin Dutchess County inda Benson, a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarinsa na farko, ya ba da umarnin da ya dace ga tarurrukan siyasa. Lokacin da Birtaniyya ta mamaye Birnin New York a 1776, Benson ya kasance a cikin Dutchess County shekaru da yawa. Daga 1777 zuwa 1781, Benson ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dokokin Jihar New York kuma ya tsara kowane muhimmin lissafin da aka wuce a can a lokacin juyin juya halin. Ya kuma kasance wakili a Majalisa ta Biyu na Continental.
daga 1780, kuma ya zana takardun kudi da ke tsara sashen zartarwa na Amurka. Gundumar ta sanya shi shugaban kwamitin su na aminci kuma a cikin 1777 ya aike shi zuwa Majalisar Jihar New York mai juyin juya hali. Lokacin da aka shirya gwamnatin jihar ta farko, an nada Benson a matsayin babban lauyan New York na farko kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa 1788. An zabe shi zuwa Majalisar a kowace shekara har zuwa 1781 kuma a 1788.