M. Caldwell Butler

M. Caldwell Butler

Manley Caldwell Butler (born June 2, 1925 in Roanoke , Virginia , † July 29, 2014 there ) was an American politician . Between 1972 and 1983 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Caldwell Butler was the great-grandson of Congressman James A. Walker (1832-1901). He attended Jefferson Senior High School in Roanoke until 1942 . During World War II , he served in the US Navy between 1943 and 1946 . After the war he continued his education until 1948 with a study at the University of Richmond . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his license to practice as a lawyer in 1950, he began to work in Roanoke in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1962 and 1971 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . Since 1966 he was there before the Republican faction.

After the resignation of MP Richard Harding Poff , Butler was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the sixth seat of Virginia , where he took up his new mandate on November 7, 1972. After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1983 . There he became a member of the judicial committee . In that capacity, he voted for impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair . During his time as Congressman, the end of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement also fell .

1982 Caldwell Butler renounced another congressional candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He spent his old age in Roanoke.

Web links

• M. Caldwell Butler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Douglas Martin: M. Caldwell Butler, a Key Vote Against Nixon, Dies at 89. Obituary in The New York Times, July 29, 2014