| BUTLER (Soundex
B346)
— See also
BEUTLER,
BRULTE,
BURTELL,
BUTER,
BUTLAND,
BUTLIN,
BUTTLER,
CUTLER,
FITZBUTLER,
HOSTUTLER,
OUTLER,
STUTLER,
SUTLER,
UTLER.
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Butler, P. W. —
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Paul E. —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Paul M. —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1954; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1955-60.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Paul T. —
of Michigan.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1892.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Penny —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988.
Female.
Still living as of 1988.
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Butler, Perlin S. —
of Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Republican. Elected Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodstock 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Pierce
(1744-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
July
11, 1744.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1822 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaph at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Butler, Pierce
(1866-1939) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., March
17, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ramsey
County Attorney, 1893-96; general counsel, Chicago & St. Paul Railroad,
1899-1905; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1916;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-39; died in office 1939.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1939 (age 73 years, 244
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Butler, Pierce, Jr. —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Pierce Mason
(1798-1847) —
also known as Pierce M. Butler —
of South Carolina.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., April
11, 1798.
Governor
of South Carolina, 1836-38; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War.
Killed
in action at Battle of Churubusco, Distrito
Federal, August
20, 1847 (age 49 years, 131
days).
Interment at Butler
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.
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Butler, Preston —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Whig. Postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1849-51.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, R. P. —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ky.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1860.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Ralph —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1932, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Rhett —
of Tennessee.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Butler, Rhett W. (b.
1940) —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., March 9,
1940.
Mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1993-96.
Still living as of 1996.
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Butler, Richard
(1743-1791) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ireland,
April
1, 1743.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; state
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1788; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1790.
Killed on an expedition
against Indian tribes, November
4, 1791 (age 48 years, 217
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Soldiers
Monument, Fort Recovery, Ohio.
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Butler, Richard (b. 1834) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Canada,
November
11, 1834.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; printer;
publisher;
postmaster;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Hamilton, 1898-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Richard C., Jr. —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Butler, Richard J. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Saloon
keeper; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1903.
Charged
in March 1904 with having received
stolen property in the form of three barrels of liquor found in
the cellar of his saloon, but the magistrate determined that they had
been delivered without his knowledge.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Robert —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania.
U.S. Surveyor-General for Florida, 1845.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Robert
(1897-1955) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 16,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1946-48; Cuba, 1948-51.
Died in 1955
(age about
57 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Robert A. —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Robert A. —
also known as Bobby Butler —
Democrat. Candidate for Texas state
board of education 9th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Butler, Robert L. —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Marion, Ill., 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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Butler, Robert N. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Butler, Robert Paul (b.
1883) —
also known as Robert P. Butler —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Prairieville, Barry
County, Mich., December
25, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4,
1910, to Emily Joslyn. |
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Butler, Robert Reyburn
(1881-1933) —
also known as Robert R. Butler —
of Condon, Gilliam
County, Ore.; The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore.
Born in Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., September
24, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; circuit judge in
Oregon, 1909-11; member of Oregon
state senate, 1913-17, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1928-33; died in office
1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died of heart
disease and pneumonia,
at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1933 (age 51 years, 105
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Ore.
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Butler, Roderick Randum
(1827-1902) —
also known as Roderick R. Butler —
of Taylorsville, Wilson
County, Tenn.; Mountain City, Johnson
County, Tenn.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., April 9,
1827.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1859; state court judge in Tennessee, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mountain City, Johnson
County, Tenn., August
18, 1902 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Mountain City, Tenn.
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Butler, Ronald E. —
of Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1975.
Still living as of 1975.
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Butler, Roy —
of Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Butler, Roy —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Austin, Tex., 1971-75.
Still living as of 1975.
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Butler, Ruby —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
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Russell See J.
Russell Butler |
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Butler, Ruth Gibson
(1891-1981) —
also known as Ruth G. Butler —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Republic, Marquette
County, Mich., July 11,
1891.
Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1961-62; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Houghton
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton District, 1962.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in March, 1981
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas Henry Gibson and Alice (Quinn) Gibson; married to
Jesse C. Butler. |
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