# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-franklin-butler-q817488
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:41:45.195Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-franklin-butler-q817488"
name: "Benjamin Franklin Butler"
slug: "benjamin-franklin-butler-q817488"
description: "Benjamin Franklin Butler 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."
tagline: "American general and politician (1818–1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_Brady-Handy_(3x4b).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1818-11-05"
deathDate: "1893-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump