Archibald Butt | |
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 Butt in 1909 | |
| Born | Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt September 26, 1865 Augusta, Georgia, U.S |
| Died | April 15, 1912 (aged 46) |
| Education | Sewanee: The University of the South |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, soldier, presidential aide |
Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt[1] (September 26, 1865 – April 15, 1912) was an American Army officer and aide to presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. After a few years as a newspaper reporter, he served two years as the First Secretary of the American embassy in Mexico. He was commissioned in the United States Volunteers in 1898 and served in the Quartermaster Corps during the Spanish–American War. After brief postings in Washington, D.C., and Cuba, he was appointed military aide to Republican presidents Roosevelt and Taft. He was a highly influential advisor on a wide range of topics to both men, and his writings are a major source of historical information on the presidencies. He died in the sinking of the British liner Titanic in 1912.
- ^ Smith, p. 69.