Benjamin F. Butler

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American politician Radical Republican Union Army general human lawyer

Benjamin F. Butler was a controversial 19th-century American politician and Union Civil War general known for his aggressive Radical Republican stance and prominent role in Reconstruction-era legal and political battles.

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Label Occurrences
Benjamin F. Butler canonical 21
Benjamin Butler 2
Benjamin F. Butler (New York politician) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Radical Republican ⓘ
Union Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
birthDate 1818-11-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Deerfield, New Hampshire, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts ⓘ
candidateIn 1884 United States presidential election ⓘ
child Blanche Butler ⓘ
commanded Army of the James ⓘ
Department of the Gulf ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1893-01-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
educatedAt Colby College ⓘ
education Waterville College ⓘ
election 1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ⓘ
familyName Butler ⓘ
fullName Benjamin F. Butler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Benjamin Franklin Butler
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
issued General Order No. 28 (New Orleans "Woman Order") ⓘ
legalConceptCoined contraband of war (applied to escaped slaves) ⓘ
memberOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general of volunteers ⓘ
nominatedBy Anti-Monopoly Party ⓘ
Greenback Party ⓘ
notableFor Radical Republican stance during Reconstruction ⓘ
advocacy of civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
controversial military governorship of New Orleans ⓘ
early Union policy on escaped slaves ⓘ
support for labor and Greenback monetary policies ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEndTime Governor of Massachusetts term ended 1884 ⓘ
officeStartTime Governor of Massachusetts term began 1883 ⓘ
politicalParty Anti-Monopoly Party ⓘ
Democratic Party ⓘ
Greenback Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
practicedLawIn Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
represented Massachusetts ⓘ
spouse Sarah Hildreth Butler ⓘ
studiedLawIn Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ

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impeachment of Andrew Johnson → keyFigure → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Radical Republicanism → hasNotableMember → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1875 → introducedBy → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Black Codes → opposedBy → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freedmen’s Bureau officials
Benjamin F. Butler → fullName → Benjamin F. Butler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benjamin Franklin Butler
Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) → commander → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Barnburner Democrats → notableMember → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benjamin F. Butler (New York politician)
The English High School of Boston → hasNotableAlumnus → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benjamin Butler
Army of the James → firstCommander → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Army of the James → commander → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
“Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861 → initiatedBy → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
subject surface form: Contraband decision
“Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861 → initiatedBy → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
subject surface form: Contraband decision
this entity surface form: Major General Benjamin Butler
Butler → hasNotableBearer → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benjamin Butler
Department of the Gulf → notableCommander → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
General Order No. 28 (New Orleans "Woman Order") → issuedBy → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
General Order No. 28 (New Orleans "Woman Order") → defendedBy → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
General Order No. 28 (New Orleans "Woman Order") → associatedWith → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Blanche Butler → father → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Blanche Butler → parent → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Blanche Butler → relative → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Blanche Butler → hasInfluenceFrom → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts → hasNotableBurial → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts → hasGraveOf → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Army of the Gulf → notableCommander → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Sarah Hildreth Butler → spouse → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Sarah Hildreth Butler → associatedWith → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union general Benjamin F. Butler
Sarah Hildreth Butler → relative → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Capture of New Orleans → commander → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Capture of New Orleans → notableCommanderRank → Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major General Benjamin F. Butler