Matthew Calbraith Butler | |
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United States Senator from South Carolina | |
In office March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1895 | |
Preceded by | Thomas J. Robertson |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Tillman |
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Edgefield County | |
In office November 27, 1865 – December 21, 1866 | |
In office November 26, 1860 – December 21, 1861 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Greenville, South Carolina | March 8, 1836
Died | April 14, 1909 Washington, D.C. | (aged 73)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | Maria Calhoun Butler (Pickens)
(m. 1858; died 1900)Nancy DeSaussure "Nannie" Bostick Butler
(m. 1906) |
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Military service | |
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Years of service | 1861–1865 (CSA) 1898–1899 (USA) |
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Unit | Hampton's Legion |
Commands | 2nd South Carolina Cavalry Butler's Cavalry Brigade Butler's Cavalry Division |
Battles/wars | American Civil War Spanish–American War |
Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836 – April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander, attorney and politician, and slaveholder from South Carolina.[1] He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, reconstruction era three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War.