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G.</a> — of Vernon Center, Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/vernon.html#6">Vernon Center, Conn.</a>, 1901. 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="044.76.16">Butler, S. M.</a> — of Clifton Forge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AL-lived.html">Alleghany County</a>, Va. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cliftonforge.html#2">Clifton Forge, Va.</a>, 1887. 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="713.10.79">Butler, S. W.</a> — of Atoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/AT-lived.html">Atoka County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OK.html">1924</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="479.66.48">Butler, Sam</a> — of Atoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/AT-lived.html">Atoka County</a>, Okla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/OK.html">1920</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="739.97.77">Butler, Sam</a> — of Springdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ark. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1920. 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="844.45.81">Butler, Sampson Hale</a> (1803-1848) — of South Carolina. Born near Ninety Six, Edgefield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-born.html">Greenwood County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/01-03.html">January 3, 1803</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Barnwell, 1832-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 1st District, 1839-42. Slaveowner. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-16.html">March 16, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 73 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-buried.html#cms06103">somewhere</a> in Tallahassee, Fla. <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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001189">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402131">Govtrack.us page</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="603.18.83">Butler, Samuel</a> — also known as "Honest Samuel" — of Pennsylvania. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1880-82. 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler9.html#049.54.96">William Butler</a>; father of <a href="#619.65.00">Thomas Stalker Butler</a>; grandfather of <a href="#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington 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/10377.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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="959.11.02">Butler, Sarah Schuyler</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican State Committee</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="676.30.87">Butler, Scott</a> — of Georgia. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/GA.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="273.65.67">Butler, Smedley Darlington</a> (1881-1940) — also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/07-30.html">July 30, 1881</a>. Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">police</a> commissioner, 1924-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">court-martialed</a> in 1931 over his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">unauthorized</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/spill-secrets.html">disclosure of an incident</a> unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to Mussolini; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/06-21.html">June 21, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 327 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <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="#619.65.00">Thomas Stalker Butler</a> and Maud Mary (Darlington) Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-30.html">June 30, 1905</a>, to Ethel Conway Peters; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a> and <a href="#603.18.83">Samuel Butler</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</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/10377.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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/Smedley Butler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/572/000055407">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6519">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="583.38.86">Butler, Stanard Dow</a> — of New York. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1942. 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="588.73.45">Butler, Stanley</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Conservative. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 42nd District, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="645.22.41">Butler, Stanley C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Harrison County; elected 1934. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-buried.html#cms07498">Bridgeport Cemetery</a>, Bridgeport, W.Va. <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: Married to Berda Lynch.</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="948.79.17">Butler, Steuben</a> — of Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/wilkesbarre.html#2">Wilkes-Barre, Pa.</a>, 1849-53. 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="987.27.21">Butler, Sylvester</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/trea.html">New York state treasurer</a>, 1910; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 2nd District, 1923; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 5th District, 1925, 1927, 1931, 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="320.65.30">Butler, T. A.</a> — of Seger, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WS-lived.html">Washita County</a>, Okla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/OK.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> Butler, T. B. See <a href="#750.69.50">Thomas Bothwell 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="048.87.28">Butler, T. C.</a> — of California. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/CA.html">1904</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="353.00.72">Butler, Tania</a> — Libertarian. Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</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/welcome-wellborn.html#385.97.08">William F. Weld</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="863.23.66">Butler, Theo R.</a> — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/portsmouth.html">Mayor of Portsmouth, N.H.</a>, 1953-54. 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="449.56.26">Butler, Thomas</a> (1785-1847) — of Louisiana. Born near Carlisle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/04-14.html">April 14, 1785</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; district judge in Louisiana, 1813; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> at-large, 1818-21. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/08-07.html">August 7, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 115 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/WF-buried.html#cms05840">a private or family graveyard</a>, West Feliciana Parish, La. <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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001190">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402132">Govtrack.us page</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="551.45.50">Butler, Thomas</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ind. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1850-51. 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="957.61.80">Butler, Thomas</a> — of St. Marys, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CM-lived.html">Camden County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/GA.html">1880</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="529.47.84">Butler, Thomas</a> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/MA.html">1892</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="081.27.10">Butler, Thomas Belden</a> (1806-1873) — also known as Thomas B. Butler — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/08-22.html">August 22, 1806</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norwalk, 1832-33, 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 12th District, 1838-39, 1848, 1852-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 4th District, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Connecticut state supreme court</a>, 1861-70. Died in Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/06-08.html">June 8, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms02536">Norwalk Cemetery</a>, Norwalk, Conn. <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 Frederick Butler and Mary (Belden) Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/03-14.html">March 14, 1831</a>, to Mary Phillips; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#062.20.35">Charles Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#262.96.22">Alvan Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#785.33.52">Ensign Hosmer Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#352.67.90">Orlando Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</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.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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001191">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402133">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas B. 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="750.69.50">Butler, Thomas Bothwell</a> — also known as T. B. Butler — of Gaffney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CE-lived.html">Cherokee County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Cherokee County, 1923-26; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/SC.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="906.09.49">Butler, Thomas G.</a> — also known as Tom Butler — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sbe.html">Texas state board of education</a> 7th 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="183.14.93">Butler, Thomas J.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 25th District, 1863. 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="136.66.70">Butler, Thomas J.</a> — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1920 (12th District), 1924 (13th District). 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="925.35.10">Butler, Thomas J.</a> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/WI.html">1976</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/619/65.00.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Thomas S. Butler"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="619.65.00">Butler, Thomas Stalker</a> (1855-1928) — also known as Thomas S. Butler — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in Uwchlan Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-04.html">November 4, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1888; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1897-1928 (6th District 1897-1903, 7th District 1903-23, 8th District 1923-28); died in office 1928. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/05-26.html">May 26, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <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 Margaretta Paschall (Woodward) Butler and <a href="#603.18.83">Samuel Butler</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/02-20.html">February 20, 1879</a>, to Maud Mary Darlington (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>); father of <a href="#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler9.html#049.54.96">William 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/10377.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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=B001192">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402134">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6517">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June 1919</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="862.34.30">Butler, Tim</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/IL.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="466.29.12">Butler, Tom</a> — of Alabama. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/AL.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> Butler, Tom See <a href="#906.09.49">Thomas G. 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="648.34.91">Butler, Trisha M.</a> — Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#901.56.15">Jo Jorgensen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohen.html#110.08.86">Jeremy Cohen</a>); Liberty candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 2024. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2024. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="012.51.25">Butler, Tyron R.</a> — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html">mayor of Hartford, Conn.</a>, 2019. Still living as of 2019. <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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=457561">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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="259.76.88">Butler, Tyrone G.</a> — of New York. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1994, 1996. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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