WILLIAM MORGAN BUTLER

BUTLER, William Morgan (1861-1937), a Senator from Massachusetts; born in New Bedford, Bristol, Mass., January 29, 1861; attended the public schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1883; graduated from the law department of Boston University in 1884; practiced law in New Bedford until 1895; member, State house of representatives 1890-1891; member, State senate 1892-1895, serving as president in 1894 and 1895; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1895 and continued the practice of law until 1912, when he engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods; member of the commission to revise the statutes of Massachusetts 1896-1900; chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1924; appointed on November 13, 1924, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Cabot Lodge and served from November 13, 1924, to December 6, 1926, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the vacancy; chairman, Committee on Patents (Sixty-ninth Congress); resumed his manufacturing interests; resided in Boston until his death there on March 29, 1937; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Father: James Davis Butler
Born: 12 Oct 1809 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
Mother: Eliza B Place
Born: abt 1810
Marriage: abt 25 Mar 1831 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
Spouse 1: [not verified]
Minnie Ford
Born: abt 1869
Marriage: abt 1890
Spouse 2:
Mary Webster b. abt 1877
Children Sex Birth
Beatrice Butler b. abt 1913
Mary E Butler 30 Oct 1914 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell