Algernon Lee Butler

Algernon Lee Butler (born August 2, 1905 in Clinton , North Carolina , †  September 5, 1978 in Raleigh , North Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician . After his appeal by President Dwight D. Eisenhower , he served from 1959 as a federal judge in the federal district court for the eastern district of North Carolina.

Career

After graduating from high school, Algernon Butler first attended the Law School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He then completed a law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1928, after which he began practicing in his hometown of Clinton. In 1931 he was a Republican MP in the North Carolina House of Representatives . Between 1938 and 1951 he served as a prosecutor in Sampson County . In 1936, 1940 and 1948 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions .

On July 28, 1959, Butler was appointed by President Eisenhower to succeed Donnell Gilliam as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina . After confirmation by the US Senate on August 28 of the same year, he was able to take office three days later. From 1961 to 1975 he was chairman ( chief judge ) at this federal court , before he switched to senior status on August 2, 1975 and thus effectively retired; a successor was no longer nominated because the seat was no longer available. Three years later, Algernon Butler died in Raleigh.

Web links

• Algernon Lee Butler in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Algernon Lee Butler in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
• Algernon Lee Butler at The Political Graveyard