Butler, Benjamin F. (1818-1893)

Name:

Butler, Benjamin F. (1818-1893)

Title:

Union General during Civil War -- his administration of New Orleans was the most controversial portion of his career.
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts.
Governor of Massachusetts - 1882-1883.
Candidate for President, 1884, Anti-Monopoly Party, National (Greenback) Party; he was defeated.

Other Names:

Butler, Benjamin Franklin

Born:

11/05/1818

Birthplace:

Deerfield, NH

Died:

01/11/1893

Death Location:

Washington, DC

Residence:

Lowell, MA
Washington, D.C.

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Lawyer - admitted to Massachusetts bar in 1840.
Yachter -- "Butler was interested in yachting, and at one time owned the famous cup-winner, America."

Father:

Butler, John (1782-1819)

Mother:

Ellison, Charlotte (1792-1870)

Relations:

half-siblings (children of John Butler Sally Batchelder):
Butler, Polly True (c.1804-; b. Deerfield NH)
Butler, Sally (c.1806-; b. Deerfield)
Butler, Betsey Morrill (1808->1900; m. Daniel Barber Stevens; children)
Butler, Andrew Jackson (c.1809-; b. Deerfield NH)

Spouse:

Hildreth, Sarah. Married 1844.

Children:

Butler, Blanche (married Adelbert Ames, Governor of Mississippi)

Notes:

SEE ALSO (half-sister): Stevens, Betsey
SEE ALSO (niece): Stevens, Charlotte
SEE ALSO (niece): Stevens, Elizabeth
Politics: Democrat in the 1840s-50s; Republican in the 1860s 70s; Democrat again in 1879 1880s.

Frederick C. Pierce, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy. Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, of England, a Leading Non-Conformist, Who Settled the Town of New Hampton, N. H. and Joseph, Henry, Joshua and John Batcheller of Essex Co., Massachusetts. (Chicago, Illinois: W. b. Conkey Company, 1898), 187-189.