General Benjamin Butler

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Colby_College
gptkbp:barAdmission 1840
gptkbp:birthDate 1818-11-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Deerfield,_New_Hampshire,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Hildreth_Cemetery,_Lowell,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:child gptkb:Blanche_Butler
gptkbp:deathDate 1893-01-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin_Butler
gptkbp:governorTermStart 1883
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Benjamin Butler
gptkbp:mainCandidate 1884
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Major General
gptkbp:notableAction Declared escaped slaves as 'contraband of war'
Advocated for civil rights and labor reforms
Impeachment manager for Andrew Johnson
Military governor of New Orleans
gptkbp:notableFor Civil War service
controversial military governance of New Orleans
political career in Massachusetts
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:military_officer
politician
gptkbp:officeHolder gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Greenback_Party
gptkbp:portrait Benjamin Butler portrait.jpg
gptkbp:presidentialParty Greenback-Labor Party
gptkbp:represents gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:signature Benjamin F Butler signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sarah_Hildreth
gptkbp:termEnd 1875
1879
1884
gptkbp:termStart 1867
1877
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Suppression_of_the_Baltimore_riots_(1861)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7