Thomas Bothwell Butler

Thomas Bothwell Butler was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd lieutenant governor of South Carolina. He died in office on January 5, 1931.

Life and career

Butler was born in Union, South Carolina. After earning a law degree from South Carolina College (later the University of South Carolina, he opened his own law practice. He later served as the mayor of Gaffney, South Carolina, and in 1901, Butler was elected one term to the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving until 1902. He served six terms in the South Carolina Senate from Cherokee County. He was elected to the South Carolina Senate in two separate time periods, from 1903 to 1907 and from 1919 to 1926, when he was elected to the South Carolina lieutenant governorship, serving under Governor John Gardiner Richards Jr.

Personal life and death

Butler was the nephew of Thomas Bothwell Jeter, who served as the 79th Governor of South Carolina.
Butler died in January 1931, at the age of 64.