Butler, Benjamin Franklin

Born: 1818 AD
Died: 1893 AD, at 75 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None

US army officer, lawyer, and politician

commanded land forces that helped David Farragut capture New Orleans in Civil War 1862

military governor of New Orleans 1862

Representative from Massachusetts 1867-1875, 1877-1879

governor of Massachusetts 1883-1884 (Democratic)

Greenback presidential candidate 1884

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