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Butler, John Marshall, 1897-1978

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Personal name headingButler, John Marshall, 1897-1978
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Birth date18970721
Death date19780314
Place of birthBaltimore, Md.
Place of deathRocky Mount, N.C.
AffiliationUnited States. Army
United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupationLawyers
Found inNUCMC data from Maryland Historical Society for His Oral history interview, 1975 (Butler, John; U.S. sen. from Md.; b. 1897; d. 1978)
Bio. dir. of U.S. Congress, 1774-1989 (Butler, John Marshall; lawyer and senator)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, July 19, 2013 (Butler, John Marshall (1897-1978); Senator from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., July 21, 1897; during the First World War enlisted in the United States Army, 1917-1919; student, Johns Hopkins University 1919 and 1921; graduated from the University of Maryland Law School in 1926; admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced the practice of law in Baltimore, Md.; member of City Service Commission of Baltimore, 1947-1949; elected as a Republican in 1950 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1956 and served from January 3, 1951, to January 2, 1963; was not a candidate for reelection in 1962; resided in Baltimore, Md., until his death in Rocky Mount, N.C., March 14, 1978)