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W.</a> — Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pr1908-election.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="352.40.81">Butler, Paul E.</a> — National candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1896-election.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="500.03.85">Butler, Paul M.</a> — of South Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IN.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Democratic National Committee from Indiana</a>, 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Chairman of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1955-60. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="152.93.89">Butler, Paul T.</a> — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 3rd District, 1892. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="768.11.49">Butler, Penny</a> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="160.89.71">Butler, Perlin S.</a> — of Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Woodstock 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="294.60.30">Butler, Pierce</a> (1744-1822) — of South Carolina. Born in County Carlow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/07-11.html">July 11, 1744</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1778-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of South Carolina</a>, 1779; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1789-96, 1802-04. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/02-15.html">February 15, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00050">Christ Church Burial Ground</a>, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01873">St. Michael's Church Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sir Richard Butler and Henrietta (Percy) Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/01-10.html">January 10, 1771</a>, to Mary Middleton (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1177.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Pinckney family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Pierce Butler (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>; torpedoed and lost 1942 in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/IN-names.html">Indian Ocean</a>) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001186">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402128">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce Butler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/874/000180334">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2852">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.21.53">Butler, Pierce</a> (1866-1939) — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-born.html">Rice County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-17.html">March 17, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-officials.html">Ramsey County Attorney</a>, 1893-96; general counsel, Chicago & St. Paul <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1899-1905; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MN.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1922-39; died in office 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/11-16.html">November 16, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 244 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-buried.html#cms02660">Calvary Cemetery</a>, St. Paul, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Patrick Butler and Mary A. Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-25.html">August 25, 1891</a>, to Annie M. Cronin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=335&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/873/000180333">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5706">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="474.49.37">Butler, Pierce, Jr.</a> — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MN.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="942.17.51">Butler, Pierce Mason</a> (1798-1847) — also known as Pierce M. Butler — of South Carolina. Born in Fairfield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/04-11.html">April 11, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1836-38; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/mexican-war.html">Killed in action</a> at Battle of Churubusco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DF-died.html">Distrito Federal</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/08-20.html">August 20, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SA-buried.html#cms02525">Butler United Methodist Church Cemetery</a>, Saluda, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler9.html#939.73.14">William Butler</a> and Behethland Foote (Moore) Butler; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler9.html#610.28.29">William Butler Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#931.92.23">Andrew Pickens Butler</a>; married to Miranda Juliette Duval; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler6.html#797.72.74">Matthew Calbraith Butler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1174.html">Butler-Belmont family</a> of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/pierce-mason-butler/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40194077">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="395.34.10">Butler, Preston</a> — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MC-lived.html">Macon County</a>, Ill. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/decatur.html#2">Decatur, Ill.</a>, 1849-51. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="376.10.02">Butler, R. P.</a> — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CO-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/KY.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="483.19.27">Butler, R. P.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html">mayor of Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1915. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="063.28.96">Butler, Ralph</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-lived.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cortland County, 1932, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="961.48.48">Butler, Rhett</a> — of Tennessee. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TN.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="409.66.13">Butler, Rhett W.</a> (b. 1940) — of Lake Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Born in Oak Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/03-09.html">March 9, 1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/lakeforest.html">Mayor of Lake Forest, Ill.</a>, 1993-96. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="678.44.00">Butler, Richard</a> (1743-1791) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1743/04-01.html">April 1, 1743</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1788; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1790. Killed on an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/indians.html">expedition against Indian tribes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/11-04.html">November 4, 1791</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 217 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MC-buried.html#cms08003">Soldiers Monument</a>, Fort Recovery, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Butler and Eleanor (Parker) Butler; married to Maria Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Butler counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BU.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU.html">Ohio</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BT.html">Pa.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Butler (general)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25945748">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="993.04.72">Butler, Richard</a> (b. 1834) — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DW-lived.html">DeWitt County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CA-born.html">Canada</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/11-11.html">November 11, 1834</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Hamilton</a>, 1898-1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="352.86.81">Butler, Richard C., Jr.</a> — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/AR.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="053.52.87">Butler, Richard J.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tavern-biz.html">Saloon keeper</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 9th District, 1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in March 1904 with having <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">received stolen property</a> 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. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="479.52.37">Butler, Robert</a> — of St. Augustine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SJ-lived.html">St. Johns County</a>, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania. U.S. Surveyor-General for Florida, 1845. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="989.98.82">Butler, Robert</a> (1897-1955) — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/07-16.html">July 16, 1897</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-diplomats.html ">Australia</a>, 1946-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-diplomats.html ">Cuba</a>, 1948-51. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/index.html">1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/butler-robert ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="432.67.24">Butler, Robert</a> — Libertarian. Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/pr2012-election.html">2012</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#796.53.07">Gary E. Johnson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#763.68.97">James P. Gray</a>). Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="526.30.13">Butler, Robert A.</a> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1915, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="021.11.02">Butler, Robert A.</a> — also known as Bobby Butler — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sbe.html">Texas state board of education</a> 9th District, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="708.83.29">Butler, Robert L.</a> — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/marion.html">Mayor of Marion, Ill.</a>, 2007. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="914.30.25">Butler, Robert N.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/DC.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="740.47.49">Butler, Robert Paul</a> (b. 1883) — also known as Robert P. Butler — of West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Prairieville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-born.html">Barry County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-25.html">December 25, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Connecticut</a>, 1934-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-psi.html">Delta Psi</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-04.html">June 4, 1910</a>, to Emily Joslyn.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="094.22.21">Butler, Robert Reyburn</a> (1881-1933) — also known as Robert R. Butler — of Condon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/GI-lived.html">Gilliam County</a>, Ore.; The Dalles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/WS-lived.html">Wasco County</a>, Ore. Born in Butler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/JO-born.html">Johnson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/09-24.html">September 24, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/pr1908-meeting.html">1909</a>; circuit judge in Oregon, 1909-11; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/stsen.html">Oregon state senate</a>, 1913-17, 1925-28; Republican Presidential Elector for Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/pr1916-meeting.html">1917</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oregon</a> 2nd District, 1928-33; died in office 1933. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, at Providence <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/01-07.html">January 7, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/WS-buried.html#cms02987">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, The Dalles, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandson of <a href="#884.57.28">Roderick Randum Butler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001187">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402129">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15529677">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="391.81.55">Butler, Roderick</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#478.24.30">Brock Pierce</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#082.09.25">Karla Ballard</a>). Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="884.57.28">Butler, Roderick Randum</a> (1827-1902) — also known as Roderick R. Butler — of Mountain City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Wytheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-born.html">Wythe County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/04-09.html">April 9, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Tailor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1859, 1893-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> by Confederate authorities in 1862, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">treason</a>; eventually <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention</a>, 1865; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89; unanimously <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">censured</a> by the U.S. House in March 1870, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">accepting payment</a> for his recommendation of a cadet to the military academy at West Point; a vote to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expel</a> him failed; in August, 1870, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forgery</a> in connection with pension <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">fraud</a>; in December, 1870, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> by a federal grand jury; in January, 1871, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a> was begun, but following witness testimony, the case was dismissed; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/TN.html">1872</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1879-85. Slaveowner. Died in Mountain City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/JO-died.html">Johnson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-18.html">August 18, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/JO-buried.html#cms03238">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Mountain City, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandfather of <a href="#094.22.21">Robert Reyburn Butler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/JO-names.html">Butler, Tennessee</a> (previously Smith's Mill) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001188">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402130">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick R. Butler">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="886.11.33">Butler, Ronald E.</a> — of Madisonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HO-lived.html">Hopkins County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1975. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="250.47.96">Butler, Roy</a> — of Huntingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/TN.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="755.68.63">Butler, Roy</a> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/austin.html">Mayor of Austin, Tex.</a>, 1971-75. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="530.35.29">Butler, Ruby</a> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Butler, Russell See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler5.html#104.23.41">J. Russell Butler</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="624.44.21">Butler, Ruth Gibson</a> (1891-1981) — also known as Ruth G. Butler — of Houghton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich.; Marquette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich. Born in Republic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-born.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-11.html">July 11, 1891</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1961-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Houghton District, 1961-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Houghton District, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/index.html">1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 0 days</a>). 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