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family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
This specific family group is a subset of the
much larger Four Thousand
Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed
with more than one subset.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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William Butler (1759-1821) —
of Saluda, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., December
17, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1787-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1801-13 (5th District
1801-03, 2nd District 1803-13).
Slaveowner.
Died in Edgefield District (part now in Saluda
County), S.C., November
15, 1821 (age 61 years, 333
days).
Interment at Butler
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.
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Eldred Simkins (1779-1831) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August
30, 1779.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1818-21; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield, 1822-26; Presidential
Elector for South Carolina, 1824;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1828-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., November
17, 1831 (age 52 years, 79
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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William Butler Jr. (1790-1850) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Saluda, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., February
1, 1790.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; physician;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1841-43; U.S.
Indian agent.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fort Gibson, Muskogee
County, Okla., September
24, 1850 (age 60 years, 235
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857) —
also known as Andrew P. Butler —
of Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., November
18, 1796.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1824-31;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield, 1832-33; resigned 1833;
common pleas court judge in South Carolina, 1834-46; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1846-57; died in office 1857.
Slaveowner.
Died near Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., May 25,
1857 (age 60 years, 188
days).
Interment at Butler
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Butler and Behethland Foote (Moore) Butler; brother of William
Butler Jr. and Pierce
Mason Butler; married, December
5, 1829, to Susan Ann Simkins (daughter of Eldred
Simkins); married 1831 to
Rebecca Harriet Hayne; uncle of Matthew
Calbraith Butler. |
| | | Political family: Butler-Belmont
family of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Butler County,
Kan. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: "He was of very noble nature,
of high endowments, of lofty moral qualities. As a judge, the
Judicial Records of the State sho whis abilities. In the Senate of
the United States, that illustrious body was illustrated by his
creer. In all that he said and did, there was a dash of genius and
heroism. His fire seemed to be passed on a high stage of Public
Dalies, but his heart was always amidst tender and gentle affections.
He was prompt to weep with those who wept, he was equally ready to
rejoice with those who were in joy. His death, elicited lamentations
made of Public Expression to the circle of his intimacies. It spread
the deepest of affections." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Pierce Mason Butler (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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Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) —
also known as Francis W. Pickens —
of South Carolina.
Born in Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., April 7,
1805.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1832-34; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834-43 (5th District
1834-37, 6th District 1837-39, 5th District 1839-41, 6th District
1841-43); member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield, 1844-46; U.S. Minister to
Russia, 1858-60; Governor of
South Carolina, 1860-62.
Slaveowner.
Died in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., January
25, 1869 (age 63 years, 293
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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James DeWolf Perry (1815-1876) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in 1815.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1864,
1868
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1860.
Died in 1876
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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August Belmont (1816-1890) —
also known as August Schönberg —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Alzei, Germany,
December
2, 1816.
Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1854-57; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1860-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1860,
1864,
1876;
speaker, 1864,
1868.
Jewish.
Fought a duel
with Edward Hayward, in Elkton, Md., 1840; both men were injured.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1890 (age 73 years, 357
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Matthew Calbraith Butler (1836-1909) —
also known as Matthew C. Butler —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born near Greenville, Greenville District (now Greenville
County), S.C., March 8,
1836.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1860, 1866; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1870; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1877-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April
14, 1909 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Butler Jr. and Jane (Perry) Butler; married, February
25, 1858, to Maria Simkins Pickens (daughter of Francis
Wilkinson Pickens); nephew of Oliver Hazard Perry, Matthew
Calbraith Perry, Andrew
Pickens Butler and Pierce
Mason Butler; grandson of William
Butler; first cousin of James
DeWolf Perry and Caroline Slidell Perry (who married August
Belmont (1816-1890)); first cousin once removed of Perry
Belmont, August
Belmont (1853-1924) and Oliver
Hazard Perry Belmont. |
| | | Political families: Calhoun-Pickens
family of South Carolina; Butler-Belmont
family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Belmont-Perry-Slidell
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Books about Matthew Calbraith Butler:
Samuel J. Martin, Southern
Hero : Matthew Calbraith Butler, Confederate General, Hampton
Redshirt, and U.S. Senator |
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Perry Belmont (1851-1947) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned
1888; defeated, 1902 (7th District); U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Democratic
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1908.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Legion.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 25,
1947 (age 95 years, 148
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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August Belmont (1853-1924) —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1853.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1924 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1858.
Democrat. Financier;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of infections
following surgery for appendicitis,
in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1908 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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