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
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