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William Riley Butler Full Name: William Riley Butler Date of birth: August 27, 1857 Date of death: May 23, 1935 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 66 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat Temple / Bell   Bell H 66 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Temple / Bell   Bell H 66 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd (1)   Democrat Temple / Bell   Bell (1) Candidate announcement of W.R. Butler of Temple, "ex-county judge of Bell County." "Candidate for Legislature," The Houston Post, 12/24/1911, p. 4. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches W.R. Butler, birth date 8/27/1857 in Illinois. Biographical sketch and photo, "Texas and Her Legislature (Legislative Section)," Members of Texas House of Representatives, 35th Legislature, 2/28/1917, p. 16. Fort Worth Record. Biographical sketch, William R. Butler, Volume II, pp. 611-612. Birth date 8/27/1857 in Clinton County, Illinois. Former Bell County Judge (1904-1908). A History of Central and Western Texas, 1911. Other Resources William R. Butler, birth date 8/27/1857 in Illinois, death date 5/23/1935 in Temple, Bell County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Judge William Riley Butler, birth date 8/11/1857 on grave marker, death date 5/23/1935, burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Bell County. Find a Grave. Son William R. Butler's service in World War I, "William R. Butler, son of Representative W.R. Butler, and now Lieutenant Butler, said that it was good to come back home before going to the front." "Magnificent Crowd Assembles in Honor of Bell County's Soldiers," Temple Daily Telegram, 8/25/1917, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 35th Legislature (1917) - W.R. Butler, postoffice Temple, nativity Illinois, age 59 (born circa 1858), 40 years in Texas, lawyer, member former legislatures: 33rd-34th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Photographs Photograph. W.R. Butler, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.R. Butler, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.R. Butler, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 35th R.S. - 1917 Congressional Districts   Forestry   Judiciary   Liquor Traffic   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Senatorial Districts   Supreme Judicial Districts   Women's Confederate Home, Investigate (Chair)  34th R.S. - 1915 Appropriations   Constitutional Amendments   Counties   Judiciary (Vice Chair)  Reforms in Civil Procedure   State Asylums   33rd R.S. - 1913 Commerce and Manufactures   Conduct of Newspaper Representatives, Investigate   Judiciary   Reforms in Civil Procedure   Reforms in Criminal Procedure

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