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	Benjamin Franklin Butler - LoveToKnow 1911
		BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER (1818-1893), American lawyer, soldier and politician, was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, on the 5th of November 1818.
		At the time of the Baltimore riot which opened the Civil War, Butler, as a brigadier-general in the state militia, was sent by Governor John A. Andrew,with a force of Massachusetts troops, to reopen communication between the Union states and the Federal capital.
		His professional income as a lawyer was estimated at $ioo,000 per annum shortly before his death at Washington, D.C., on the nth of January 1893.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Benjamin_Franklin_Butler (490 words)

	Benjamin F. Butler - Likeness of New Hampshire War Heroes & Personages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Butler allied himself with the new Free Soil Party, "and on election day, November 10, 1851, the town of Lowell cast 8,000 votes in a district of 800 registered voters.....When the error was discovered the Whigs demanded a revote....." (Hearn op cit., p.
		Butler was colonel of the Lowell City Guard, however, so no militia showed up, and the meeting was such a success that Butler was carried on the shoulders of the multitude who came to hear him.
		Butler got four percent of the vote; but with the nation soon to be at war Butler battled with Massachusetts Governor Andrew and got permission to raise a state regiment which would help ensure order at Lincoln's inauguration.
	www.nh.gov /nhdhr/warheroes/butlerb.html (1145 words)

	HarpWeek \| Elections \| 1864 Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Butler’s most famous (or infamous) connection with the war was his controversial tenure as commander of the occupation forces in New Orleans in 1862.
		In late 1863 Butler was given the command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
		Butler was an almost perennial candidate for governor of Massachusetts, running unsuccessfully in 1871, 1873, 1874, 1878, and 1879, before being elected in 1882.
	elections.harpweek.com /1864/bio-1864-Full.asp?UniqueID=4&Year=1864 (431 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 17, 1795–November 8, 1858) was a lawyer, legislator and Attorney General of the United States.
		Butler was a member of the New York state legislature from 1827 to 1833.
		Butler was made principal professor at the University of New York in 1837.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_(lawyer) (227 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Governor John A. Andrew sent Butler with a force of Massachusetts troops to reopen communication between the Union states and Washington, D.C. By his energetic and careful work Butler achieved his purpose without fighting, and he was soon afterwards appointed major general of U.S. Volunteers.
		Assigned command of Fort Monroe, Butler declined to return to their owners fugitive slaves who had come within his lines, on the ground that, as laborers for fortifications, and so on, they were contraband of war, thus originating the phrase contraband as applied to African-Americans.
		In the spring of 1864 Butler was placed at the head of the Army of the James and ordered to attack in the direction of Richmond from the east, destroying rail links and distracting Robert E. Lee, in conjunction with attacks from the north by Ulysses S. Grant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_(politician) (909 words)

	Butler
		Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler, in command of the Army of the James, was a former lawyer and Democratic politician.
		Butler was described as "plug-ugly" by some, overbearing by most, and a few people would even admit that the General was resourceful, flexible and had a quick mind.
		Butler did not suffer disobedience well however, and his harsh and bizarre methods of dealing with insubordination were legendary.
	www.mindspring.com /~mtmitchell/Butler.html (926 words)

	Benjamin F. Butler - Likeness of New Hampshire War Heroes & Personages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Butler allied himself with the new Free Soil Party, "and on election day, November 10, 1851, the town of Lowell cast 8,000 votes in a district of 800 registered voters.....When the error was discovered the Whigs demanded a revote....." (Hearn op cit., p.
		Butler was colonel of the Lowell City Guard, however, so no militia showed up, and the meeting was such a success that Butler was carried on the shoulders of the multitude who came to hear him.
		Butler got four percent of the vote; but with the nation soon to be at war Butler battled with Massachusetts Governor Andrew and got permission to raise a state regiment which would help ensure order at Lincoln's inauguration.
	www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/warheroes/butlerb.html (1145 words)

	Butler
		Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler, in command of the Army of the James, was a former lawyer and Democratic politician.
		Butler was described as "plug-ugly" by some, overbearing by most, and a few people would even admit that the General was resourceful, flexible and had a quick mind.
		Butler did not suffer disobedience well however, and his harsh and bizarre methods of dealing with insubordination were legendary.
	home.mindspring.com /~mtmitchell/Butler.html (926 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Butler
		General Butler's return home was a series of honorable welcomes from the cities and communities of the loyal States through which he passed, and he was presented, by Congress, with one of the captured swords of the rebel General Twiggs.
		The plan was partially and handsomely carried out by Butler and Kautz, the latter of whom entered the city and maintained a hand-to-hand fight for sometime; but the enterprise was finally rendered abortive by General Gillmore's declining, with the force at his command, to attack the rebel works.
		Of General Butler, as a lawyer, it has been well said by one who knew him intimately, that " At the criminal terms of the Middlesex Court, he has done a greater amount of business than anybody else, and his reputation at present is that of the most successful criminal lawyer of the State.
	www.all-biographies.com /politicians/benjamin_franklin_butler.htm (4424 words)

	Benjamin Butler
		Butler’s most famous (or infamous) connection with the war was his controversial tenure as commander of the occupation forces in New Orleans in 1862.
		In late 1863, Butler was given the command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
		Butler was an almost perennial candidate for governor of Massachusetts, running unsuccessfully in 1871, 1873, 1874, 1878, and 1879, before being elected in 1882.
	www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com /11BiographiesKeyIndividuals/BenjaminButler.htm (440 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Butler
		BUTLER, Benjamin Franklin, lawyer, born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, 5 November, 1818.
		On 10 May, 1862, General Butler seized about $800,000 which had been deposited in the office of the Dutch consul, claiming that arms for the confederates were to be bought with it.
		On 16 December, 1862, General Butler was recalled, as he believes, at the instigation of Louis Napoleon, who supposed the general to be hostile to his Mexican schemes.
	www.famousamericans.net /benjaminfranklinbutler1 (974 words)

	Massachusetts Lawyer
		Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer, soldier and politician.
		In the conduct of tactical operations Butler was almost uniformly unsuccessful, and his first action at Big Bethel, Virginia, was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1853, and of the town plying her avocation, i.e.
		Entering politics as a lawyer, particularly in England and France, and it was doubtless the cause of his acts, however, gave great offence, particularly the seizure of $800,000 which had been deposited in the ensuing campaign he supported John Breckinridge.
	bu6.mcgreevey97.com /massachusettslawyer.html (925 words)

	Butler, Benjamin Franklin
		Benjamin Butler was born on November 5 (or 6th), 1818 at Deerfield, New Hampshire.
		Butler, a Democrat, was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1853, and to the Senate of that state in 1859.
		Butler took up his war duties in 1861, landing at Annapolis to relieve the blockade of Washington, D.C., served in the occupation of Baltimore, nominated major-general of volunteers, took command at Fortress Monroe, and was leader of a military expedition that lead to the battle of Big Bethel with poor results.
	myweb.wvnet.edu /~jelkins/lp-2001/butler_benjamin.html (331 words)

	Thacher Proffitt & Wood - History
		Van Buren and Butler were fervent Democrats, loyal to the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian credo of economic self-sufficiency and opposition to "aristocratic privilege." Some of the earliest cases Butler argued were in defense of tenants on the Livingston patent in Columbia County, a huge tract of land granted to the Livingston family in colonial times.
		Butler and Butler was open for business for only a few months before Hiram Barney joined the firm as the senior partner of Barney and Butler, with the senior Butler thereafter counsel to the firm.
		Butler's prominence as a New York lawyer is reflected in his involvement in the formation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
	www.tpw.com /Page.aspx?WP_ID=1118&Copy2=True (4197 words)

	Benjamin Butler
		Butler was a brigadier general in the Massachusetts militia and during the Fort Sumter crisis rushed his unit to protect Washington.
		Butler refused, issuing a statement that he considered the slaves to be "contraband of war".
		Butler was accused of treating Rebels very harshly and after ordering the execution of a man who had torn down the United States flag, he was nicknamed the "beast".
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USASbutlerB.htm (2922 words)

	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER, USA
		Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in November 5, 1818, on Deerfield, New Hampshire.
		Butler was also known as "Beast" Butler, and became the center of national controversy when he issued his "woman's order." Many women of New Orleans had been insulting and verbally abusing Union soldiers.
		Butler's forces were reduced, and he was transferred briefly to New York.
	www.multied.com /Bio/UGENS/USAButler.html (585 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / BUTLER the BEAST?
		Butler was not given equal statuary space because, it was felt, he was too well remembered in the flesh—and as a thorn in the flesh—to warrant a reminder in bronze.
		Benjamin Franklin Butler was a sixthgeneration New Englander, born in 1818 in Deerfield Parade, New Hampshire.
		Butler wired Cameron, “You have called for a brigade of Massachusetts troops; why not call for a brigadier general and staff?” Butler also knew that the state treasury lacked the money to mobilize and transport the troops; he influenced a number of Boston banks to advance the funds—on condition that he lead the brigade.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1968/3/1968_3_48.shtml (6942 words)

	Attorney Lawyer Malpractice
		Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) - Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 17, 1795â“November 8, 1858) was a lawyer, legislator and Attorney General of the United States.
		Child Mental Health attorney lawyer malpractice and the Law addresses the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date text that describes the evolution of child mental health law attorney lawyer malpractice and the relevance of the law to the child mental health clinician.
		The authors, one a psychiatrist attorney lawyer malpractice and developmental researcher, one a legal scholar, pay special attention to the role of the clinician as expert witness in court cases, attorney lawyer malpractice and to the relationships (too often poor) between mental health professionals, attorneys, attorney lawyer malpractice and judges.
	www.whcat.com /attorneylawyermalpractice.html (1012 words)

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		BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER was born in the town of Deerfield, New Hampshire, November 5, 1818.
		Butler told his Southern friends that they were hastening on a war; that the North would never consent to a disunion of the States, and that he should be among the first to offer to fight for the Union.
		Butler was elected to the fortieth Congress from the fifth congressional district of Massachusetts, and in 1869 from the sixth district.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/13761/13761.txt (14980 words)

	West Palm Beach Lawyer
		Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 17, 1795 November 8, 1858) was a New Jersey who dreamed that all six of his life, and died there on October 24, 1821.
		Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 17, 1795 November 8, 1858) was a delegate to the Continental Army for this task.
		Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 17, 1795 November 8, 1858) was a delegate to the New Jersey Plan for unicameral legislative body with equal representation from each state.
	attorneynewjersey.2vv1.com /westpalmbeachlawyer.html (1810 words)

	Benjamin Butler - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893), American general and politician, born in Deerfield, New Hampshire.
		: For the 19th century Attorney General of the United States, see Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) Benjamin Franklin Butler Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5 1818 January 11 1893) was an American...
		Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) (1795 – 1858), a U.S. lawyer who served as Attorney General from 1833 until 1838; Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) (1818 – 1893), U.S. political figure...
	encarta.msn.com /Benjamin_Butler.html (192 words)

	Major General Benjamin F. Butler of the Union Army
		Governor John A. Andrew sent Butler with a force of Massachusetts troops to reopen communication between the Union states and Washington, D.C. By his energetic and careful work, he achieved his purpose without fighting, and he was soon afterwards appointed major general of U.S. Volunteers.
		In the spring of 1864, Butler was placed in charge of the Army of the James and ordered to attack in the direction of Richmond from the east, destroying rail links and distracting Gen.
		Butler's income as a lawyer was estimated to be $100,000 yearly shortly before his death.
	www.mycivilwar.com /leaders/butler_benjamin.htm (923 words)

	Dave Kopel on Second Amendment & John Walker Lindh on National Review Online
		A very successful lawyer, Butler had been one of the most prominent Union Generals during the Civil War; a few months after his Supreme Court argument, Butler would be elected to Congress from Massachusetts, and would become one of the leading Radical Republicans.
		Butler told the Supreme Court that the whole Bill of Rights contained implicit exceptions which were not stated in the text.
		Lindh: In the Milligan case, the United States attorney general and the defense lawyer (one of the ablest lawyers of the century) agreed that persons in enemy controlled territory who were waging war on behalf of an enemy could not invoke the protections of the Bill of Rights.
	www.nationalreview.com /kopel/kopel052702.asp (1701 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Butler
		After the Baltimore riot at the opening of the Civil War, Butler, as a brigadier-general in the state militia, was sent by Governor John A. Andrew, with a force of Massachusetts troops, to reopen communication between the Union states and the Federal capital.
		In the conduct of tactical operations Butler was almost uniformly unsuccessful, and his first action at Big Bethel, Virginia, was a humiliating defeat for the National arms.
		His professional income as a lawyer was estimated at $100,000 per annum shortly before his death at Washington, DC, on the 11th of January 1893.
	www.nndb.com /people/171/000102862 (467 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Papers -- Hays Calendar , American Philosophical Society
		Reminds Franklin of a half promise to give her the address of a compatriot in America to whom she could sent her wines to sell on commission.
		Ebenezer Platt, whose sufferings in the cause of America are known to Franklin; lately released from prison and married to a daughter of Mrs.
		Franklin's kindness having enabled him to be useful to America, desires to send him the copy of the resolution with which Congress has honored him.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/f/franklin/hays3.htm (5071 words)

	Green Mountain Civil War Round Table
		The title is somewhat misleading in that the biography begins with Benjamin Franklin Butler's ancestors and tells of his early education.
		It dwells on his career as a prominent Massachusetts lawyer and politician, is detailed in his military experiences through Baltimore, Annapolis, Fort Monroe, Hatteras Inlet, and, of course, elaborates on his Military Administration of New Orleans which is the main subject of the book.
		In 1863, Gen. Butler was at his home in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the euphemism of the day, awaiting orders; his 'wilderness' year.
	www.beerbritain.com /ButlerinNewOrleans.htm (830 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Butler
		On 10 May, 1862, Gen. Butler seized about $800,000 which had been deposited in the office of the Dutch consul, claiming that arms for the confederates were to be bought with it.
		On 16 Dec., 1862, Gen. Butler was recalled, as he believes, at the instigation of Louis Napoleon, who supposed the general to be hostile to his Mexican schemes.
		In 1884 he was the candidate of the greenback and anti-monopolist parties for the presidency, and received 133,825 votes.--His wife, Sarah, a daughter of Dr. Israel Hildreth, of Lowell, b.
	www.ulyssessgrant.net /BFBUTLER.COM (1092 words)

	Butler, William Allen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His father, Benjamin Franklin Butler was Attorney-General during President Jackson's administration, and according to a short biographical profile of Irving Browne which appeared in the Green Bag in 1897 and would, reportedly, "on one day would pen an opinion for a department, and on the next a poem for the 'Democratic Review'.
		Butler graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1843, read law in his father's office, and was admitted to practice law in July 1846.
		Butler served his alma mater in various capacities and went on to become President of the university.
	www.wvu.edu /~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/butler_w_a.html (644 words)

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