Thomas Bothwell Butler

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Thomas Bothwell Butler

|image = Thomas Bothwell Butler.jpg

|office1 = Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

|term_start1 = 1901

|term_end1 = 1902

|office2 = Member of the South Carolina Senate

|term_start2 = 1903

|term_end2 = 1907

|term_start3 = 1919

|term_end3 = 1926

|office = 72nd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

|governor = John Gardiner Richards Jr.

|preceded = E. B. Jackson

|succeeded = James O. Sheppard

|term_start = January 18, 1927

|term_end = January 5, 1931{{Cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Governors/lt_governors_sc.html|title=South Carolina Lieutenant Governors 1730 to Present|work=SC Home|access-date=December 26, 2022}}

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1866|01|11}}

|birth_place = Union County, South Carolina

|death_date = {{death date and age|1931|01|05|1866|01|11}}

|death_place = Union County, South Carolina

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Spouse Annie Wood

|relatives = Thomas Bothwell Jeter (uncle)

|children = 1{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21874829/thomas-bothwell-butler-obituary-6-jan/|title=Thos. B. Butler, Lieut.-Governor, Taken By Death|work=The Greenville News|location=Greenville, South Carolina|date=January 6, 1931|access-date=December 26, 2022|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

|education = South Carolina College, (LLB)

| signature = Signature of Thomas Bothwell Butler (1866–1931).png

}}

Thomas Bothwell Butler (January 11, 1866 – January 5, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd lieutenant governor of South Carolina. He died in office on January 5, 1931.{{cite web |title=The Greenville News Greenville, South Carolina · Tuesday, January 06, 1931 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/191616822/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE5MTYxNjgyMiwiaWF0IjoxNjg0MjU5NTA0LCJleHAiOjE2ODQzNDU5MDR9.ZBQrMOnzdrjsea_S9LWNAkOUJYY77Let9ATAyLpauuY&clipping_id=21874829 |website=www.newspapers.com |access-date=16 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/1900s/sc_1900s_74th_general_assembly_members.html|title=Members of the 74th General Assembly - 1921 to 1922|work=SC Home|access-date=December 26, 2022}}

Life and career

Butler was born in Union, South Carolina. After earning a law degree from South Carolina College (later the University of South Carolina, he opened his own law practice. He later served as the mayor of Gaffney, South Carolina, and in 1901, Butler was elected one term to the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving until 1902. He served six terms in the South Carolina Senate from Cherokee County.{{cite journal |last1=Jervey |first1=Theodore |title=The Butlers of South Carolina |journal=The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine |date=October 1903 |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=296–311}}{{cite web |title=Thomas Bothwell Butler, 1866–1931 (aged 64 years) |url=https://family.southcarolinajeters.com/tree/Jeter/individual/I540/Thomas-Bothwell-Butler |website=family.southcarolinajeters.com |access-date=17 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Biographies |url=http://genealogytrails.com/scar/union/bio_misc.htm |website=genealogytrails.com |access-date=17 May 2023}}{{Citation|title=The History of South Carolina: Volume 3|page=500|date=1934|work=University of Virginia|publisher=American Historical Society, Incorporated|first=David|last=Duncan Wallace}} He was elected to the South Carolina Senate in two separate time periods, from 1903 to 1907 and from 1919 to 1926, when he was elected to the South Carolina lieutenant governorship, serving under Governor John Gardiner Richards Jr.

Personal life and death

Butler was the nephew of Thomas Bothwell Jeter, who served as the 79th Governor of South Carolina.{{cite web |title=Relationships between Thomas Bothwell Jeter and Thomas Bothwell Butler |url=https://family.southcarolinajeters.com/tree/Jeter/relationships-0-99/I503/I540 |website=amily.southcarolinajeters.com |access-date=17 May 2023}}

Butler died in January 1931, at the age of 64.

References

Category:1866 births

Category:1931 deaths

Category:Mayors of places in South Carolina

Category:Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Category:Democratic Party South Carolina state senators

Category:Lieutenant governors of South Carolina

Category:20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly