BUTLER, BENJAMIN F.
\bˈʌtlə], \bˈʌtlə], \b_ˈʌ_t_l_ə]\
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(1795-1858), was a New York district attorney from 1821 to 1825. He was appointed one of the three commissioners to revise the statutes of New York in 1825. He was Attorney-General of the United States in the Cabinets of Jackson and Van Buren from 1833 to 1838. He was also acting Secretary of War from 1836 to 1837, and was a prominent member of the "Albany Regency."
By John Franklin Jameson
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