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His father, Adelbert Ames, was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War and Reconstruction Governor and Senator from Mississippi; his mother, Blanche Butler Ames, was the daughter of U.S. General Benjamin F. Butler, a controversial military leader, politician, and unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. presidency.
Benjamin F. Bailar (b. 1934), United States Postmaster General from 1975 to 1978
The 44th Illinois and 24th Wisconsin infantry regiments led by Maj. Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (father of Douglas MacArthur) attacked Benjamin F. Cheatham's division and suffered heavy losses.
They struck Buford's leading brigade, commanded by Col. Benjamin F. Davis, near a bend in the Beverly's Ford Road and temporarily checked its progress, and Davis was killed in the ensuing fighting.
Benjamin F. Baker (1862–1927), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
In 1857, Angel was appointed by President James Buchanan as Minister to Sweden and Norway, and remained in Stockholm until 1861.
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In 1853, his health having become impaired, he accepted an appointment as United States Consul at Honolulu, then in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Later the Tennessee native served as United States Consul General in Calcutta, India.
He went first to Chicago, Illinois, and then in the fall of 1835 went north to the new settlements that would become Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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He helped construct one of the city's first two big hotels, and built a Greek Revival temple-style house for his family that today is a public museum in Estabrook Park, Shorewood, Wisconsin.
He died on February 6, 1959, in Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada, of kidney disease.
On January 21, 1851, he was married in Pewaukee to Abby B. Bradley, a native of Cayuga County, New York; they would have one child, Clara F. Goss.
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From an early age, Goss was an avid amateur naturalist, beginning at the age of 18 a correspondence with fellow enthusiasts (including Louis Agassiz and experts at the Smithsonian Institute) which would last for many years.
After the presidential inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant, Isherwood's longtime patron, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, could no longer protect him.
In 1852, Newhall was also elected as a director of the Saugus Branch Railroad Co.
In July 1862, he was temporarily detached from his infantry company and assigned command of an artillery battery in Winchester, Virginia.
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the spring of 1862 he accompanied the regiment in the advance under Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy.
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As governor, he was heavily involved in Indian affairs, as well as working to get several new frontier towns chartered, including Missoula.
He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 19, 1905, and was buried Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.
A Liberty Ship, the SS Ben Robertson, named for him, was launched at Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, on January 4, 1944.
He is the great-grandfather of Walker Stapleton, who was elected Colorado Treasurer in 2010, and the grandfather of Craig Roberts Stapleton, former U.S. ambassador to France and the Czech Republic.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress.
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Welty was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921).
Benjamin F. Isherwood (1822-1915), a United States Navy admiral and early U.S. Navy engineer
Benjamin F. James (1885–1961), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Benjamin F. Wilson (1922–1988), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Born in New York City, he was the grandson of United States Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler.
The bill was proposed by Senator Sumner and co-sponsored by Representative Benjamin F. Butler, both Republicans from Massachusetts, in the 43rd Congress of the United States in 1870.
Union Admiral Porter credited the coal torpedo with sinking the Greyhound, a private steamboat that had been commandeered by General Benjamin F. Butler for use as a floating headquarters on the James River.
Famous residents of Dennis Port include U.S. military hero Benjamin F. Baker.
It is historically significant for its association with the August 1, 1864, Civil War "Battle of Folck's Mill." In that battle, Union troops commanded by General Benjamin F. Kelley engaged General John McCausland’s Confederate forces as they advanced along the Baltimore Pike towards Cumberland after having burned the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, two days previously.
Jefferson and his colleagues, angry at Fenno's attempt "to make way for a king, lords, and Commons" set up rival newspapers, the Aurora edited by Benjamin F. Bache and the National Gazette edited by Philip Freneau, to promote the newly formed Democratic-Republican Party.
Neosho Falls was originally platted and extensively improved by a company led by Benjamin F. Goss and his brother N. S. Goss, who would later organize a company of cavalry in the area to fight for the Union in the American Civil War.
During the following presidential campaign, Grady supported Benjamin F. Butler, the candidate of the Greenback and Anti-Monopoly parties.