Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Benjamin Franklin Flanders (January 26, 1816 – March 13, 1896) was a teacher, politician and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1867 he was appointed by the military commander as the 21st Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction, serving for about six months. A native of New Hampshire, he had moved to New Orleans as a young man in 1843, where he studied law, then became a schoolteacher and principal. He worked and raised his family in Louisiana for nearly 20 years before the American Civil War, and opposed secession. He served as an Alderman in New Orleans from 1847-1852.After New Orleans and much of Louisiana was occupied by Union troops, in 1864 Flanders was among the founders of the Republican Party of Louisiana, and began working for rights and suffrage for freedmen. He also served as an appointed, then elected Mayor of New Orleans, in total from 1870-1873. In 1873 he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as an Assistant Treasurer of the United States, serving during his administration. Late in life Flanders lived on his Ben Alva plantation in Lafayette Parish."@en }
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- Benjamin_Flanders abstract "Benjamin Franklin Flanders (January 26, 1816 – March 13, 1896) was a teacher, politician and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1867 he was appointed by the military commander as the 21st Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction, serving for about six months. A native of New Hampshire, he had moved to New Orleans as a young man in 1843, where he studied law, then became a schoolteacher and principal. He worked and raised his family in Louisiana for nearly 20 years before the American Civil War, and opposed secession. He served as an Alderman in New Orleans from 1847-1852.After New Orleans and much of Louisiana was occupied by Union troops, in 1864 Flanders was among the founders of the Republican Party of Louisiana, and began working for rights and suffrage for freedmen. He also served as an appointed, then elected Mayor of New Orleans, in total from 1870-1873. In 1873 he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as an Assistant Treasurer of the United States, serving during his administration. Late in life Flanders lived on his Ben Alva plantation in Lafayette Parish.".
- Q431653 abstract "Benjamin Franklin Flanders (January 26, 1816 – March 13, 1896) was a teacher, politician and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1867 he was appointed by the military commander as the 21st Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction, serving for about six months. A native of New Hampshire, he had moved to New Orleans as a young man in 1843, where he studied law, then became a schoolteacher and principal. He worked and raised his family in Louisiana for nearly 20 years before the American Civil War, and opposed secession. He served as an Alderman in New Orleans from 1847-1852.After New Orleans and much of Louisiana was occupied by Union troops, in 1864 Flanders was among the founders of the Republican Party of Louisiana, and began working for rights and suffrage for freedmen. He also served as an appointed, then elected Mayor of New Orleans, in total from 1870-1873. In 1873 he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as an Assistant Treasurer of the United States, serving during his administration. Late in life Flanders lived on his Ben Alva plantation in Lafayette Parish.".