Ben Butler’s Boat
Benjamin Franklin Butler, the often controversial but always patriotic political general, returned to his ante-bellum activities in 1865. He resumed his legal practice, represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives (1867-1875; 1877-1879), became Governor of Massachusetts in 1882, and ran as a third-party presidential candidate in 1884. Butler relished life in the public eye but also prized private time to indulge […]