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Benjamin Franklin Butler

American general and politician (1818–1893)

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Benjamin Franklin Butler

American general and politician (1818–1893)

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War and had a leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. president Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882.

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Occupation: politician, military officer, lawyer, governor
Position held: United States representative, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Governor of Massachusetts, member of the State Senate of Massachusetts
Citizenship: United States
Born: November 5, 1818
Died: January 11, 1893

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Benjamin Franklin Butler: United States Attorney General (1795-1858)

Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War and had a leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. president Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882.

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Occupation: politician, military officer, lawyer, governor
Position held: United States representative, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Governor of Massachusetts, member of the State Senate of Massachusetts
Citizenship: United States
Born: November 5, 1818
Died: January 11, 1893