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Matthew C. Butler

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
from Edgefield District
Personal details
Born (1836-03-08)March 8, 1836
Greenville, South Carolina
Died April 14, 1909(1909-04-14) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Maria, Nannie
Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States of America
 United States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army
 United States Army
Years of service 1861–1865 (CSA)
1898–1899 (USA)
Rank Confederate States of America General.png Major General (CSA)
Union Army major general rank insignia.svg Major General (USA)
Battles/wars American Civil War
Spanish–American War

Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836 – April 14, 1909) was an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, postbellum three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War.

Butler was born at Eagle's Crag near Greenville, South Carolina, to a large and prominent family of politicians and military men. His grandfather was U.S. Congressman William Butler. His mother, Jane Tweedy Perry of Rhode Island, was the sister of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry, for whom Matthew Calbraith Butler is named. His father, William Butler, Jr., was a Congressman beginning in 1841.

His uncle Andrew Butler was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina and uncle Pierce Mason Butler was Governor of South Carolina. One of Matthew Butler's first cousins was Congressman Preston Brooks, who assaulted Senator Charles Sumner in 1856 on the floor of the U.S. Senate with a cane. He said it was because Sumner had insulted Senator Andrew Butler, at whose home Matthew lived as a young man. Two of Butler's first cousins twice removed were James Bonham (killed at the Battle of the Alamo) and Confederate General Milledge Luke Bonham.


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