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Benjamin Butler

1818 - 1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War and had a leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. president Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882. Butler, a successful trial lawyer, served in the Massachusetts legislature as an antiwar Democrat and as an officer in the state militia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Butler is the 4,899th most popular politician (up from 15,070th in 2019), the 1,776th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,529th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Benjamin Butler ranks 4,899 out of 19,576. Before her are Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Danilo Türk, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Yelü Chucai, Abi-Eshuh, and Jarmila Kratochvílová. After her are Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Kōki Hirota, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Vímara Peres.

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Among people born in 1818, Benjamin Butler ranks 26. Before her are Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Alexander Bain, Maria Mitchell, Zachris Topelius, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville. After her are Thomas Mayne Reid, Amalia of Oldenburg, Frederick Douglass, Mary Todd Lincoln, Emperor Norton, and Francesco Crispi. Among people deceased in 1893, Benjamin Butler ranks 16. Before her are Alexander of Battenberg, Baron Alexander von Bach, Ernst Kummer, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Jules Ferry, and John Tyndall. After her are Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Abner Doubleday, Leland Stanford, Ferenc Erkel, and Alfredo Catalani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Butler ranks 1,776 out of 20,380. Before her are Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Lee Evans (1947), Fred Ward (1942), Patrick McGoohan (1928), John Fogerty (1945), and Myrtle Corbin (1868). After her are Paul Stanley (1952), Victor Wong (1927), George Wald (1906), Edward C. Tolman (1886), George Carlin (1937), and David Lane (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Benjamin Butler ranks 155. Before her are Aaron Burr (1756), George Read (1733), Liz Cheney (1966), John Forsyth (1780), Elliot Richardson (1920), and Paul Ryan (1970). After her are Melvin Laird (1922), Alben W. Barkley (1877), Walter Mondale (1928), Pat Brown (1905), Tecumseh (1768), and Bill Weld (1945).

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