William O. Butler

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human military officer politician

William O. Butler was a 19th-century American military officer and Democratic politician from Kentucky who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and gained national prominence as a vice-presidential candidate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
burialPlace Butler Family Cemetery, Carrollton, Kentucky ⓘ
candidateInElection 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential election, 1848
conflict Mexican–American War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1791-04-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1880-08-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Transylvania University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Americans of English descent ⓘ
familyName Butler ⓘ
father Percival Butler ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
memberOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
middleName Orlando ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nobleTitle none ⓘ
nominatedFor Vice President of the United States ⓘ
notableWork Service in the Mexican–American War ⓘ
Service in the War of 1812 ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
partyAffiliationDuring1848Election Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
placeOfBirth Jessamine County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Carrollton, Kentucky ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ
United States Representative from Kentucky's 10th congressional district ⓘ
relative Thomas H. Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
representedArea Kentucky's 8th congressional district ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky's 10th congressional district
residence Carroll County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carrollton, Kentucky ⓘ
runningMateOf Lewis Cass ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
stateRepresentedInCongress Kentucky ⓘ
termEnd 1843-03-03 ⓘ
termStart 1839-03-04 ⓘ

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