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Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <b><a name="115.86.46">Butler, Virginia E.</a> (1902-1968)</b> — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-25.html">August 25, 1902</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/06-23.html">June 23, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 303 days</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> <b><a name="851.42.91">Butler, W. G.</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 6, 1863-64. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11528">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></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> <b><a name="224.19.41">Butler, W. R.</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/TN.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> <b><a name="079.32.90">Butler, Walker</a></b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 13th District, 1943-55; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IL.html">1948</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> <b><a name="070.79.91">Butler, Wallace F.</a></b> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 29th District, 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> <b><a name="661.22.48">Butler, Walter</a></b> — of White Bear Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn.; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MN.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MN.html">1960</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> <b><a name="899.41.87">Butler, Walter Halben</a> (1852-1931)</b> — also known as <b>Walter H. Butler</b> — of West Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Iowa. Born in Springboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/02-13.html">February 13, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 4th District, 1891-93. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">myocarditis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart dilatation</a>, in Roosevelt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-24.html">April 24, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms02236">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Kansas City, Mo. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Hiram Butler and Mary (Temple) Butler.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001193">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402135">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="884.43.91">Butler, Walter P.</a></b> — of Saratoga Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/saratogasprings.html">Mayor of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.</a>, 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> <b><a name="764.54.45">Butler, Wendell N., Jr.</a></b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html">Mayor of Chester, Pa.</a>, 2002-12. 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> <b><a name="853.79.90">Butler, Wendell P.</a></b> — of Sulphur Well, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MF-lived.html">Metcalfe County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 9th District, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/KY.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cmagr.html">Kentucky commissioner of agriculture</a>, 1964-67, 1972-75. 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> <b><a name="243.19.38">Butler, Whiting L.</a> (b. 1860)</b> — of Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine. Born in Phillips, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-12.html">April 12, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 5th District, 1919-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Benjamin Butler and Susan (Badger) Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-31.html">December 31, 1891</a>, to Myrtell L. Vaughan.</span></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> <b><a name="939.73.14">Butler, William</a> (1759-1821)</b> — of Saluda, Edgefield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SA-lived.html">Saluda County</a>), S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PW-born.html">Prince William County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/12-17.html">December 17, 1759</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1787-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1801-13 (5th District 1801-03, 2nd District 1803-13). Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield District (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SA-died.html">Saluda County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/11-15.html">November 15, 1821</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 333 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Butler and Elizabeth Mary (Smith) Butler; father of <a href="#610.28.29">William Butler Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#931.92.23">Andrew Pickens Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#942.17.51">Pierce Mason Butler</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler6.html#797.72.74">Matthew Calbraith Butler</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0091.html">Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family</a> of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Loved and venerated by his family, respected by his friends, and honoured by his countrymen."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001194">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402136">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8065763">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="328.71.35">Butler, William</a> (d. 1818)</b> — of Georgia. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1800. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/indians.html">Killed by Indians</a> at Butler Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BU-died.html">Butler County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/03-20.html">March 20, 1818</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BU.html">Butler County, Ala.</a> is named for him.</span></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> <b><a name="610.28.29">Butler, William, Jr.</a> (1790-1850)</b> — of South Carolina. Born near Saluda, Edgefield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SA-born.html">Saluda County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/02-01.html">February 1, 1790</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 2nd District, 1841-43; U.S. Indian agent. Slaveowner. Died in Fort Gibson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/MU-died.html">Muskogee County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/09-24.html">September 24, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 235 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-buried.html#cms02402">Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery</a>, Greenville, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#939.73.14">William Butler</a> and Behethland Foote (Moore) Butler; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#931.92.23">Andrew Pickens Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#942.17.51">Pierce Mason Butler</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler6.html#797.72.74">Matthew Calbraith Butler</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0091.html">Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family</a> of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001195">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402137">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8455516">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="225.58.48">Butler, William</a></b> — of Lewistown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI-lived.html">Mifflin County</a>, Pa. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lewistown.html#3">Lewistown, Pa.</a>, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/PA.html">1856</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.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> <b><a name="102.19.01">Butler, William</a></b> — of Evansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-lived.html">Vanderburgh County</a>, Ind. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/evansville.html#2">Evansville, Ind.</a>, 1851. 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> <b><a name="171.51.18">Butler, William</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1859-63. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-buried.html#cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="049.54.96">Butler, William</a> (1822-1909)</b> — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/12-02.html">December 2, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1861-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1879-99; retired 1899. Died in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/11-02.html">November 2, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 335 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#603.18.83">Samuel Butler</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#619.65.00">Thomas Stalker Butler</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=336&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18686949">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="516.31.97">Butler, William</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 34, 1901-04. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11529">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></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> <b><a name="545.32.89">Butler, William</a></b> — of McAlester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PI-lived.html">Pittsburg County</a>, Okla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/OK.html">1912</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> <b><a name="912.30.02">Butler, William A.</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/NY.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> <b><a name="625.96.45">Butler, William B.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas</a>, 1957-61. 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> <b><a name="004.71.99">Butler, William F.</a></b> — of New York, <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/1872/NY.html">1872</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> <b><a name="093.40.06">Butler, William G.</a></b> — of Grosse Pointe Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grossepointe.html#4">Mayor of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.</a>, 1968-75. 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> <b><a name="773.75.01">Butler, William H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MO.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> <b><a name="554.32.66">Butler, William H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-lived.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Hunterdon County; elected 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> <b><a name="505.73.07">Butler, William J.</a></b> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">Secretary</a> of the Streetcarmen's Organization labor union, 1916; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 3rd District, 1938-40, 1945-60; defeated, 1940. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-05.html">August 5, 1915</a>, to Louise Lonien.</span></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> <b><a name="441.30.42">Butler, William Morgan</a> (1861-1937)</b> — also known as <b>William M. Butler</b> — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass.; Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/DU-lived.html">Dukes County</a>, Mass.; Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/01-29.html">January 29, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton mills</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1890-91; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1892-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MA.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MA.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MA.html">1932</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MA.html">Republican National Committee from Massachusetts</a>, 1924-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1924-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1924-26; defeated, 1926, 1930. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/03-29.html">March 29, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms00452">Forest Hills Cemetery</a>, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. James D. Butler and Eliza B. (Place) Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/07-15.html">July 15, 1886</a>, to Minnie F. Norton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-01.html">January 1, 1907</a>, to Mary Lothrop Webster.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001196">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402138">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William M. Butler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/469/000172950">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7494605">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="239.26.86">Butler, William N.</a></b> — of Cairo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AL-lived.html">Alexander County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IL.html">1888</a>; circuit judge in Illinois 1st Circuit, 1919. 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> <b><a name="368.43.69">Butler, William Orlando</a> (1791-1880)</b> — also known as <b>William O. Butler</b> — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CO-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-born.html">Jessamine County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/04-19.html">April 19, 1791</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1817-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 13th District, 1839-43; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1848. Slaveowner. Died in Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CO-died.html">Carroll County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/08-06.html">August 6, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 109 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Percival Butler and Mildred (Hawkins) Butler.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Butler counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BT.html">Iowa</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT.html">Mo.</a> are named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001197">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402139">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="812.92.28">Butler, William R.</a></b> — of East Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa.; Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>; acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/jimthorpe.html#5">Mauch Chunk, Pa.</a>, 1912-13. 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> <b><a name="237.34.12">Butler, William W.</a></b> — U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Liverpool</a>, as of 1884. 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