History seems to have forgotten Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893), though he was one of the most colorful-and reviled--figures in American politics in his day. A brilliant lawyer from Massachusetts...
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 14, 1795 - November 8, 1858), lawyer and politician, was descended from Jonathan Butler, who settled at Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1724. Jonathan's grandson, Medad, m...
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