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- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) abstract "Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer, politician and soldier. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Massachusetts, Butler served in the Massachusetts legislature and as an officer in the state militia. During the American Civil War, Butler served as a major general in the Union Army, in which he helped create the legal idea of effectively freeing fugitive slaves as contraband in service of military objectives. That initiative by Butler eventually led to a political groundswell to include general emancipation and slavery's destruction as official war goals for the Union. However, Butler also became a despised figure in the South during the Union occupation of New Orleans. After the war, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts from 1883 to 1884.In 1868, while serving in Congress, Butler had a prominent role in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. As Chairman of the House Committee on Reconstruction, Butler authored the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant, that gave federal authority to prosecute and destroy the Klan in the South.Butler authored, along with Sen. Charles Sumner, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, signed into law by President Grant. This law, a final act of Reconstruction, gave African American US citizens the right to public accommodation such as hotels, restaurants, lodging, and public entertainment establishments.".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) activeYearsEndDate "1875-03-04".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) activeYearsEndDate "1877-03-04".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) activeYearsEndDate "1884-01-03".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) activeYearsStartDate "1867-03-04".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) activeYearsStartDate "1883-01-04".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle American_Civil_War.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Battle_of_Big_Bethel.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Battle_of_Chaffins_Farm.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Battle_of_Hatteras_Inlet_Batteries.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Battle_of_Port_Walthall_Junction.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Battle_of_Proctors_Creek.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Battle_of_Ware_Bottom_Church.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Bermuda_Hundred_Campaign.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle Capture_of_New_Orleans.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle First_Battle_of_Fort_Fisher.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) battle First_Battle_of_Petersburg.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) birthDate "1818-11-05".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) birthPlace Deerfield,_New_Hampshire.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) child Blanche_Butler_Ames.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) country Union_(American_Civil_War).
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) country United_States.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) deathDate "1893-01-11".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) deathPlace Washington,_D.C..
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) lieutenant Oliver_Ames_(governor).
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) militaryBranch Union_Army.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) militaryBranch United_States_Army.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) militaryCommand "Army of the James".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) militaryCommand "Department of Virginia".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) militaryCommand "Department of the Gulf".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) militaryRank Major_general_(United_States).
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) office "Massachusetts Senate".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) office "Member of the".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) orderInOffice "33rd".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) orderInOffice "Governor of Massachusetts".
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) party Greenback_Party.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) region Massachusetts.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) region Massachusettss_5th_congressional_district.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) region Massachusettss_6th_congressional_district.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) restingPlace Hildreth_Cemetery.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) restingPlace Lowell,_Massachusetts.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) restingPlacePosition Benjamin_Butler_(politician)__restingPlacePosition__1.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) spouse Sarah_Hildreth_Butler.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) successor Ephraim_B._Patch.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) successor George_D._Robinson.
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- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Hatteras_Inlet_Batteries.
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- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Port_Walthall_Junction.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Proctors_Creek.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Ware_Bottom_Church.
- Benjamin_Butler_(politician) wikiPageWikiLink Benjamin_Franklin.
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