served until 1901. In a letter to editor William S. Speer, who was compiling information for his book, Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans, Butler stated: If my time were to go over, I would attend to my profession and nothing else; I would never go into politics; there is no money in it, it is a dog's life; the politician is a pack-horse for everybody, has to go everybody's security and neglect one's private affairs. Butler died in Mountain City, Tennessee, on August 18, 1902 (age 75 years, 131 days). He is interred at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain City. Family and legacy Butler married Emeline Jane Donnelly, the daughter of a wealthy Taylorsville area farmer, in 1849. The couple had 11 children. A grandson of Butler, Robert Reyburn Butler, represented an Oregon district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1928 to 1933. His private residence in Mountain City, the Butler House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the Civil War, the Johnson County community of Smith's Mill was renamed Butler in his honor. See also List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded References External links |- 1827 births 1902 deaths 19th-century American judges 19th-century American politicians American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law Censured or reprimanded members of the United States House of Representatives Heads of county government in Tennessee Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People from Mountain City, Tennessee People from Wytheville, Virginia Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Southern Unionists in the American Civil War Tennessee postmasters Tennessee state court judges Republican Party Tennessee state senators