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Benjamin F. Bonham

Later the Tennessee native served as United States Consul General in Calcutta, India.


Adelbert Ames, Jr.

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.

Bailar

Benjamin F. Bailar (b. 1934), United States Postmaster General from 1975 to 1978

Battle of Adairsville

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.

Battle of Brandy Station

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 Baker

Benjamin F. Baker (1862–1927), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Benjamin F. Angel

In 1857, Angel was appointed by President James Buchanan as Minister to Sweden and Norway, and remained in Stockholm until 1861.

In 1853, his health having become impaired, he accepted an appointment as United States Consul at Honolulu, then in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Benjamin F. Church

He went first to Chicago, Illinois, and then in the fall of 1835 went north to the new settlements that would become Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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.

Benjamin F. Feinberg

He died on February 6, 1959, in Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada, of kidney disease.

Benjamin F. Goss

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.

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.

Benjamin F. Isherwood

After the presidential inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant, Isherwood's longtime patron, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, could no longer protect him.

Benjamin F. Newhall

In 1852, Newhall was also elected as a director of the Saugus Branch Railroad Co.

Benjamin F. Potts

In July 1862, he was temporarily detached from his infantry company and assigned command of an artillery battery in Winchester, Virginia.

the spring of 1862 he accompanied the regiment in the advance under Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy.

As governor, he was heavily involved in Indian affairs, as well as working to get several new frontier towns chartered, including Missoula.

Benjamin F. Rice

He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 19, 1905, and was buried Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.

Benjamin F. Robertson

A Liberty Ship, the SS Ben Robertson, named for him, was launched at Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, on January 4, 1944.

Benjamin F. Stapleton

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.

Benjamin F. Welty

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

Welty was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921).

Benjamin Isherwood

Benjamin F. Isherwood (1822-1915), a United States Navy admiral and early U.S. Navy engineer

Benjamin James

Benjamin F. James (1885–1961), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Benjamin Wilson

Benjamin F. Wilson (1922–1988), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Charles Henry Butler

Born in New York City, he was the grandson of United States Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler.

Civil Rights Act of 1875

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.

Coal torpedo

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.

Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Famous residents of Dennis Port include U.S. military hero Benjamin F. Baker.

Folck's Mill

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.

John Fenno

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, Kansas

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.

Thomas F. Grady

During the following presidential campaign, Grady supported Benjamin F. Butler, the candidate of the Greenback and Anti-Monopoly parties.


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