November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893
Massachusetts

•  criminal defense lawyer
• major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War
• September 27, 1862, Butler formed the first African American regiment in the US Army, the 1st Louisiana Native Guard
• 1869 – founded the United States Cartridge Company
• leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson
• 1882 33rd Governor of Massachusetts
  – January 4, 1883 – January 3, 1884
• coauthored the Civil Rights Act of 1875