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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Marion Butler |
| Address | Sampson County
Clinton, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 20, 1863
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| Died | June 03, 1938
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jun 28, 2024 12:41pm |
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| Info | BUTLER, Marion, a Senator from North Carolina; born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., May 20, 1863; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1885; taught school for three years; moved to Clinton, N.C., in 1888 and became editor and publisher of the Clinton Caucasian; moved to Raleigh in 1894, but continued the publication of the paper; elected to the State senate in 1890; president of the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union in 1894 and 1895; chairman of the People’s Party State committee in 1894; trustee and member of the executive committee of the University of North Carolina 1891-1899; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Raleigh, N.C.
U.S. Senator (Pop-NC) 1895-1901; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1901; chairman, Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive Departments (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses).
Chairman of the Populist National Executive Committee 1896-1904; affiliated with the Republican Party in 1904
Delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1916 and 1920
Assisted in organizing the Cotton and Tobacco Cooperative Marketing Association of the South in 1923 and 1924; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; died June 3, 1938, in Takoma Park, Md., where he had been confined in a hospital; interment in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.
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