William Butt
William Moore Butt (1805โ1888) was a politician in Georgia.
William Butt | |
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Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia | |
In office 1854โ1855 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1805 |
Died | 1888 |
Political party | Republican |
Butt arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia, where he had been an Inferior Court judge, and became a merchant.[1] He served as a councilman in 1853.[1] The next year he was elected the eighth mayor.[2]
References
- Garrett (1969) p.353
- Garrett (1969) p.372
- Franklin Miller Garrett (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-3127-9.
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