William Moore Butt (c. 1805–1888) was a politician in Georgia.
William Butt | |
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Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia | |
In office 1854–1855 | |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1805 |
Died | 1888 |
Political party | Republican |
Butt arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia, where he had been an Inferior Court judge, and became a merchant. He served as a councilman in 1853. The next year, he was elected the eighth mayor.
References
- Franklin Miller Garrett (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-3127-9.
Preceded byWilliam Markham | Mayor of Atlanta 1854–1855 |
Succeeded byAllison Nelson |
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