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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam Morgan BUTLER
(1861-1937)
Senate Years of Service:
1924-1926Party: RepublicanBUTLER, William Morgan, a
Senator from Massachusetts; born in New Bedford, 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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