Butler Derrick

Infobox_Congressman


name=Butler Carson Derrick, Jr.


state=South Carolina
district=3rd
term=1975–1995
preceded=William Jennings Bryan Dorn
succeeded=Lindsey Graham
date of birth=Birth date and age|1936|9|30|mf=y
place of birth=Springfield, Massachusetts
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=
profession=Attorney|

Butler Carson Derrick, Jr. (born September 30 1936) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools in Mayesville and Florence in South Carolina. He attended the University of South Carolina from 1954 to 1958 and earned an LL.B. from the University of Georgia Law School in 1965. He was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1965 and commenced practice in Edgefield; he served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1969 to 1974, and was a delegate to the South Carolina State Democratic conventions in 1972 and 1974.

Derrick was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1974, and was elected as a Democrat to the 94th and to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1995; he was not a candidate for reelection to the 104th Congress.

He is currently a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Washington, DC.

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Persondata
NAME=Derrick, Butler Carson, Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Butler Derrick
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Congressman from South Carolina 3rd District, 1974-1994
DATE OF BIRTH=September 30 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH=Springfield, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=