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Benjamin Butler

1818 - 1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Butler has received more than 538,958 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Butler is the 15,073rd most popular politician (down from 13,952nd in 2019), the 7,529th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,126th in 2019) and the 479th most popular American Politician.

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  • 24

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  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benjamin Butler ranks 15,073 out of 19,576. Before her are Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, Lydie Polfer, Miguel Antonio Caro, Kashtiliash III, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, and Teodor Shteingel. After her are William Martin, Marju Lauristin, Anandiben Patel, Philippe Cattiau, Miguel Abadía Méndez, and Tom Lantos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Benjamin Butler ranks 90. Before her are Henry Litolff, Heinrich Zollinger, Ludwig Traube, Nikolay Milyutin, Mary Elizabeth Barber, and Alexander Dreyschock. After her are József Szlávy, Joseph Weydemeyer, Don Carlos Buell, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Johan Lange, and José Amador de los Ríos. Among people deceased in 1893, Benjamin Butler ranks 78. Before her are Charles of Mount Argus, James G. Blaine, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Louis Ruchonnet, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, and Aleksey Pleshcheyev. After her are Ion Emanuel Florescu, Edmund Kirby Smith, Hamilton Fish, John Rae, Richard Spruce, and John Addington Symonds.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Butler ranks 7,529 out of 20,380. Before her are Sonny Fortune (1939), Patricia Heaton (1958), Theodore Long (1947), James Harden (1989), Kevin Conway (1942), and Christine Estabrook (1952). After her are Cassandra Wilson (1955), Chloe Webb (1956), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), George Wendt (1948), Duane Eddy (1938), and Bill Farmer (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Benjamin Butler ranks 479. Before her are Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), James Spriggs Payne (1819), Ralph Metcalfe (1910), Robert A. Taft (1889), Joe Manchin (1947), and Charles Lang (1902). After her are Patrick Leahy (1940), Greg Louganis (1960), George J. Mitchell (1933), Frank Knox (1874), Bella Abzug (1920), and Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820).

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