- Butler-Belmont family
The Butler-Belmont family is a family of politicians from the
United States .*William Butler 1759-1821,
South Carolina State Representative 1787-1795, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1801-1813. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler9.html#R9M0IRF1W]
**William Butler 1790-1850, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1841-1843. Son of William Butler. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler9.html#R9M0IRF5F]
**Andrew Pickens Butler 1796-1857, South Carolina State Representative, South Carolina State Senator 1824-1833, Judge in South Carolina 1835-1846, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1846-1857. Son of William Butler. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001173]
**Pierce M. Butler 1798-1847, Governor of South Carolina 1836-1838. Son of William Butler. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#RHS0VKRJ0]
**Milledge Luke Bonham 1813-1890, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1857-1860, Confederate Representative from South Carolina 1861-1862, Governor of South Carolina 1862-1864. First cousin once removed of William Butler.
***Matthew Butler 1836-1909, South Carolina State Representative 1860 1866, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1870, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1877-1895. Son of William Butler. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001184]
***James DeWolf Perry 1815-1876, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1868. First cousin of Matthew Butler. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#S3J12YDZE]
***August Belmont 1816-1890, U.S. Charge d'Affaires toNetherlands 1853-1854, U.S. Minister to Netherlands 1854-1857, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee 1860-1868, delegate to Democratic National Convention 1860 1864 1876. First cousin by marriage of Matthew Butler.
***M.L. Bonham, Adjutant General of South Carolina 1885-1890, Circuit Court Judge in South Carolina 1924-1930, Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1931-1940, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1940. Son of Milledge Luke Bonham. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#1BC16PFBZ]
****Perry Belmont 1851-1947, U.S. Representative fromNew York 1881-1888, U.S. Minister toSpain 1888-1889, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1892 1896 1900 1904 1912. Son of August Belmont. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000353]
****August Belmont 1853-1924, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1912. Son of August Belmont. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#S4I187CVK]
****Oliver Belmont 1958-1908, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1900, U.S. Representative from New York 1901-1903. Son of August Belmont. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000352]NOTE: Milledge Luke Bonham was also cousin of U.S. Representative
Preston S. Brooks [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#R9M0IQLRH] . Matthew Butler was also son-in-law of U.S. RepresentativeFrancis W. Pickens [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#R9M0J9H97] . James DeWolf Perry was also great-grandson of U.S. Senator William Bradford [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#R9M0IQ7SX] and grandson of U.S. SenatorJames De Wolf [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#R9M0IUODT] .
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