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.

Aliases (2)

Benjamin Franklin Butler ×1
Freedmen’s Bureau officials ×1

Statements (51)

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., United States →
educatedAt	Colby College →
education	Waterville College →
election	1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election →
familyName	Butler →
fullName	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 →
represented	Massachusetts →
spouse	Sarah Hildreth Butler →
studiedLawIn	Lowell, Massachusetts →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) →	commander
Benjamin F. Butler ("Benjamin Franklin Butler") →	fullName
Radical Republicanism →	hasNotableMember
Civil Rights Act of 1875 →	introducedBy
impeachment of Andrew Johnson →	keyFigure
Black Codes ("Freedmen’s Bureau officials") →	opposedBy