Butler derrick

Butler Derrick (c. 1977)

Butler Derrick Carson (* the thirtieth September 1936 in Springfield , Massachusetts ; † 5. May 2014 in Easley , South Carolina ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . Between 1975 and 1995 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Butler Derrick attended public schools in Mayesville and Florence , South Carolina. Between 1954 and 1958 he studied at the University of South Carolina at Columbia . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Georgia and his admission to the bar in 1965, he began to practice in Edgefield in his new profession.

Politically, Derrick joined the Democratic Party. Between 1969 and 1974 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In 1972 and 1974 he was a delegate to regional Democratic conventions in South Carolina. In 1976 he held the same function at the Democratic National Convention in New York , where Jimmy Carter was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1974 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded William Jennings Bryan Dorn on January 3, 1975 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1995 . During this time, among other things, the 27th amendment to the constitution was passed in 1992 . In 1994 Derrick decided not to run again. Most recently he was a partner in a large law firm in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• Butler Derrick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Former Congressman Butler Derrick dies