Walker Butler

Walker Butler was an American jurist and politician.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Butler went to Campion College in Prairie du [Chien, Wisconsin] where he took a pre-law course. He then received his law degree from Loyola [University Chicago School of Law] in 1920 and practiced law in Chicago. Walker worked as assistant state's attorney for Cook [County, Illinois] and as Illinois Assistant Attorney General. From 1943 until his resignation in 1953, Butler served in the Illinois State Senate and was a Republican. He served as President Pro Tempore of the Illinois Senate. From 1953 until his death in 1969, Butler served as Illinois Circuit Court judge for Cook County, Illinois. Butler died in a hospital in Chicago, Illinois.