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    Butler, Levi "L."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    Senate 1872-77 (District 26)

    Party when first elected:  Not Available

    Counties Served:  Hennepin

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: ??/??/1818
    Birth Place: Indiana
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: ??/??/1878
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: L.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Minneapolis
    Occupation (when first elected): Lumberman, Lumber Manufacturer and Sales/Physician

    EDUCATION

    Private Tutors; At Least Elementary School;
    Ohio Public Schools; At Least Elementary School;
    Ohio Medical College; Medical Degree;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Military: 3rd Minneosta Infantry Regiment, Army of the Mississippi (United States Civil War, Fort Snelling, Examining Surgeon during the Draft); 1861 to 1865

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Married
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    He came to Minnesota in 1855 but returned to Indiana in the winter. He became a year round resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1858.

    Total Days Served: 2198

    SESSIONS SERVED

    19th Legislative Session (1877)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 26
    Elected: 11/2/1875
    Residence: Minneapolis
    Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878
    Counties Represented: Hennepin
    Occupation: Lumberman/President, Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank, Minneapolis
    Party: Republican Party Notes: "His political sentiments are Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 13)
    Committees:
    • Printing
    • Railroads (Chair)
    • Towns and Counties

    18th Legislative Session (1876)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 26
    Elected: 11/2/1875
    Residence: Minneapolis
    Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878
    Counties Represented: Hennepin
    Occupation: Lumberman
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Education
    • Elections
    • Railroads (Chair)
    • Towns and Counties

    17th Legislative Session (1875)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 26
    Elected: 11/4/1873
    Residence: Minneapolis
    Term of Office: 1/6/1874 to 1/3/1876
    Counties Represented: Hennepin
    Occupation: Lumberman
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Education
    • Elections
    • Railroads (Chair)

    16th Legislative Session (1874)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 26
    Elected: 11/4/1873
    Residence: Minneapolis
    Term of Office: 1/6/1874 to 1/3/1876
    Counties Represented: Hennepin
    Occupation: Lumberman
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Joint University and University Lands
    • Railroads (Chair)

    15th Legislative Session (1873)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 26
    Elected: 11/7/1871
    Residence: Minneapolis
    Term of Office: 1/2/1872 to 1/5/1874
    Counties Represented: Hennepin
    Occupation: Lumberman
    Party: Republican Party Notes: His party affiliation was provided by The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873.
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Joint University and University Lands (Chair)
    • Railroads
    • State Library

    14th Legislative Session (1872)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 26
    Elected: 11/7/1871
    Residence: Minneapolis
    Term of Office: 1/2/1872 to 1/5/1874
    Counties Represented: Hennepin
    Occupation: Lumberman, Lumber Manufacturer and Sales/Physician
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Joint Congressional Apportionment
    • Railroads

    OTHER INFORMATION

    Articles & Books About
    "Butler, L." The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota. St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873, p. 7.

    "Hon. Levi Butler." Memoirs of the State Officers; and of the Nineteenth Legislature of Minnesota, by C.L. Hall. Minneapolis: Johnson & Smith, p. 12-13.



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