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BUTLER, PIERCE, a Delegate and a Senator from South Carolina; born in County Carlow, Ireland, July 11, 1744; pursued preparatory studies; came to America in 1758 as an officer in the British Army; resigned his commission prior to the Revolutionary War and settled in Charles Town (now Charleston), S.C.; planter; aided the American cause during the Revolutionary War; delegate to the Continental ...
8. Aug. 2023 · The Pierce Butler Route Bee Line offers an alternative model for roadway maintenance. 7/27/2023. The Bee Line got its start a year ago in 2022 with a generous grant from the Lawns to Legumes program of the Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources. It builds on work by Frogtown Green dating back to 2016, as well as plantings by the Hamline ...
29. Okt. 2021 · Pierce Butler was born in County Carlow Ireland, the third son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet of Cloughgrennan. As the third son, he wasn’t going to inherit his father’s estate or title so he joined the British Army at age 11. By age 14, he was a full Lieutenant and commanded troops against the French in North America. He went to South ...
5. Nov. 2023 · Pierce Butler, Signer of the Constitution of the US. Print by Max Rosenthal. New York Public Library. In 1793, George Washington observed that “few Ships, of late” had “arrived from any part ...
Justice Pierce Butler joined the U.S. Supreme Court on January 2, 1923, replacing Justice William Rufus Day. Butler was born on March 17, 1866 in Northfield, a town in Minnesota south of Minneapolis. In 1887, he graduated from Carleton College in his hometown, and he was admitted to the Minnesota bar a year later.
The next year, Butler won election to both the Continental Congress (1787-88) and the Constitutional Convention. In the latter assembly, he was an outspoken nationalist who attended practically every session and was a key spokesman for the Madison-Wilson caucus. Butler also supported the interests of southern slaveholders. He served on the Committee on Postponed Matters.
Pierce Mease Butler (1810–1867) inherited half of his grandfather's Butler Island and St. Simons Island plantations. Fannie Kemble On June 7, 1834, Kemble retired from the stage to marry a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler , grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler , whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832. [1]
