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Johnson County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Johnson County

Index to Locations Mountain City Mountain View Cemetery Mountain View Cemetery Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee Politicians buried here:   Roderick Randum Butler (1827-1902) — also known as Roderick R. Butler — of Mountain City, Johnson County, Tenn. Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., April 9, 1827. Republican. Tailor; postmaster; lawyer; member of Tennessee state senate, 1859, 1893-1901; arrested by Confederate authorities in 1862, and charged with treason; eventually fled to Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1865; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89; unanimously censured by the U.S. House in March 1870, for accepting payment for his recommendation of a cadet to the military academy at West Point; a vote to expel him failed; in August, 1870, he was arrested for forgery in connection with pension fraud; in December, 1870, he was indicted by a federal grand jury; in January, 1871, a trial was begun, but following witness testimony, the case was dismissed; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1872; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1879-85. Slaveowner. Died in Mountain City, Johnson County, Tenn., August 18, 1902 (age 75 years, 131 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.   Relatives: Grandfather of Robert Reyburn Butler.   The community of Butler, Tennessee (previously Smith's Mill) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

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