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William Butler
Butler in 1924

United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office November 13, 1924 – December 6, 1926
Appointed by	Channing Cox
Preceded by	Henry Cabot Lodge
Succeeded by	David I. Walsh
Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office May 2, 1924 – July 24, 1928
Preceded by	John T. Adams
Succeeded by	Hubert Work
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1894–1895
Preceded by	Alfred Pinkerton
Succeeded by	George P. Lawrence

Personal details
Born	William Morgan Butler (1861-01-29)January 29, 1861 New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 29, 1937(1937-03-29) (aged 76) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Boston University (LLB)

William Morgan Butler (January 29, 1861 – March 29, 1937) was a lawyer and legislator for the State of Massachusetts, and a United States Senator.

Biography

Butler was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he attended the public school and studied law. He was admitted to the State bar in 1883. After graduating from the law department of Boston University in 1884, he practiced law in New Bedford until 1895. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1890 to 1891, and a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1892 to 1895, serving as its President in 1894 and 1895.

Butler moved to Boston in 1895, and continued the practice of law until 1912, when he engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods. He was a member of the commission to revise the statutes of Massachusetts from 1896 to 1900, and was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1924 to 1928.

On November 13, 1924, Butler was appointed 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. His bid for election to fill the vacancy was unsuccessful.

Butler served as chairman of the Committee on Patents in the 69th Congress, and then resumed his manufacturing interests. He thereafter resided in Boston. In 1932, Butler sought to return to the Republican National Committee, but was defeated by John Richardson by a vote of 18 to 15. Butler died on March 29, 1937, and was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery.

Sources

United States Congress. "William M. Butler (id: B001196)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Hennessy, M. E. (June 14, 1932). "Butler Beaten for Committee". The Boston Daily Globe.

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Political offices
Preceded byAlfred Pinkerton	President of the Massachusetts Senate 1894–1895	Succeeded byGeorge P. Lawrence
Party political offices
Preceded byJohn T. Adams	Chair of the Republican National Committee 1924–1928	Succeeded byHubert Work
Preceded byHenry Cabot Lodge	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (Class 1) 1926	Succeeded byBenjamin Young
Preceded byFrederick H. Gillett	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (Class 2) 1930	Succeeded byHenry Cabot Lodge Jr.
U.S. Senate
Preceded byHenry Cabot Lodge	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts 1924–1926 Served alongside: David I. Walsh	Succeeded byDavid I. Walsh
Preceded byRichard P. Ernst	Chair of the Senate Patents Committee 1924–1926	Succeeded byRichard P. Ernst

v t e United States senators from Massachusetts
Class 1	Dalton Cabot Goodhue Mason Adams Lloyd Gore Ashmun Mellen Mills Webster Choate Webster Winthrop Rantoul Sumner Washburn Dawes Lodge Sr. Butler Walsh Lodge Jr. J. Kennedy Smith E. Kennedy Kirk Brown Warren
Class 2	Strong Sedgwick Dexter Foster Pickering Varnum Otis Lloyd Silsbee Davis Bates Davis Everett Rockwell Wilson Boutwell Hoar Crane J. Weeks Walsh Gillett Coolidge Lodge Jr. S. Weeks Saltonstall Brooke Tsongas Kerry Cowan Markey

v t e Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
Cushing Powell Adams S. Phillips Adams Cobb Otis J. Bacon S. Dana Otis S. Dana J. Phillips Silsbee Mills S. Leland Lathrop Fowler Saltonstall Thorndike Pickman Bliss Mann M. Lawrence King Quincy P. Leland Robinson Quincy Lincoln Calhoun Scudder Bell Wilder Wilson Warren Cook Benchley Baker Upham Phelps Claflin Clifford Field Pond Brastow Pitman Brastow H. Coolidge Loring Cogswell Bishop Crocker Bruce Pillsbury Boardman Hartwell Sprague Pinkerton Butler G. Lawrence Smith Soule Jones W. Dana Chapple Treadway Greenwood C. Coolidge H. Wells McKnight Allen W. Wells G. Bacon Fish Moran Wragg Cotton Goodwin Hunt A. Coolidge Nicholson Richardson Dolan Richardson Furbush Holmes Powers Donahue Harrington Bulger Birmingham Travaglini Murray Rosenberg Chandler Spilka

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