| LC control no. | no2015118016 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Derrick, Butler Carson, Jr., 1936-2014 |
| Birth date | 1936-09-30 |
| Death date | 2014-05-05 |
| Place of birth | Springfield (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Easley (S.C.) |
| Affiliation | South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators--United States |
| Found in | Brown Media Archive Newsfilm Database, metadata for clip dated 1977 March 17, no. wsbn10437 viewed August 25, 2015: (Controversy over Russell Dam Site; Interview with South Carolina Congressman Butler Derick) <http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn10437> Greenville online, viewed September 1, 2015: May 6, 2014 (Former Congressman Butler Derrick dies. Born Sept. 30, 1936, to Butler Derrick Sr. and Mary English Scott Derrick of the small town of Johnston, near Edgefield, Derrick earned his bachelor's degree at the University of South Carolina and a law degree at the University of Georgia in 1965. He established the law firm of Derrick and Byrd after graduating and represented Edgefield County in the state House of Representatives from 1969-74. Elected [Congressman] in 1974 to represent the district that at the time stretched along the Savannah River from Oconee and Pickens counties to Aiken, Derrick rose to the position of chief deputy majority whip, the fifth most senior leadership position in the U.S. House. Derrick stunned the state's political parties on Feb. 16, 1994, by announcing at the age of 57 that he wouldn't run again. Died Monday at his home in Easley after a seven-month battle with cancer) <http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/05/former-congressman-butler-derrick-dies/8731643/> Aiken Standard, viewed September 1, 2015: May 7, 2014 (Butler Carson Derrick Jr. The Honorable Butler Carson Derrick, Jr., of Easley, South Carolina, died peacefully on May 5, 2014. Derrick was born in Springfield, Mass., on September 30, 1936. His parents, native South Carolinians, the late Mr. and Mrs. Butler Carson Derrick, later returned to Florence, SC, where Derrick grew up ...) <http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/aikenstandard/obituary.aspx?pid=170940619> Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed September 1, 2015: (DERRICK, Butler Carson, Jr., a Representative from South Carolina; born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., September 30, 1936; attended the public schools in Mayesville, S.C., and Florence, S.C.; attended University of South Carolina, 1954-1958; LL.B., University of Georgia Law School, 1965; admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1965 and commenced practice in Edgefield; served in the South Carolina house of representatives, 1969-1974; delegate to South Carolina State Democratic conventions, 1972, 1974; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1974; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1995); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; died on May 5, 2014, in Easley, S.C.) <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000267> LC Catalog, viewed September 1, 2015: (usage: Butler Carson Derrick, Jr.; heading: Derrick, Butler Carson, 1936-) |
| Associated language | eng |
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