Butler, Hugh Alfred, 1878-1954

LC control no.	n 91092162
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Butler, Hugh Alfred, 1878-1954 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1878-02-28
Death date	1954-07-01
Place of birth	Missouri Valley (Iowa)
Place of death	Bethesda (Md.)
Affiliation	Doane College Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	NUCMC data from Indiana State Library for Willis, R.E. Papers, 1936-1950 (Butler, Hugh) LC data base, 09/11/91 (hdg.: Butler, Hugh Alfred, 1878-1954) Biog. dir. U.S. Congress, 1989 (Butler, Hugh Alfred, 1878-1954; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1941-1954; construction engineer and in flour-milling and grain business) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, July 6, 2016: (Butler, Hugh Alfred, Senate Years of Service: 1941-1954; a Senator from Nebraska; born on a farm near Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, February 28, 1878; attended the public schools and was graduated from Doane College at Crete, Nebr., in 1900; construction engineer with the Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railroad 1900-1908; member of the city board of Curtis, Nebr. 1908-1913; engaged in the flour-milling and grain business 1908-1940; member of the board of education of Omaha, Nebr.; Republican National committeeman for Nebraska 1936-1940; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1940; reelected in 1946 and again in 1952 and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., July 1, 1954; chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Eightieth Congress), Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Eighty-third Congress); interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebr. )
Associated language	eng