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![Benjamin F. Butler](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/027/42.42.jpg) |
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler; "The Bold and
Bilious Benjamin"; "Beast
Butler" —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1818.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District
1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860
(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883
(Democratic); Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Died while attending court
in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 74 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Adelbert Ames (1835-1933) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, October
31, 1835.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1868-70, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-74; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21,
1861.
Died in Ormond (now Ormond Beach), Volusia
County, Fla., April
12, 1933 (age 97 years, 163
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Butler Ames (1871-1954) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
22, 1871.
Republican. Engineer;
manufacturer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1903-13;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916,
1920,
1928.
Died in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
6, 1954 (age 83 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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