Alma mater Cumberland University Party Democratic Party Citizenship United States Name Mounce Butler Succeeded by Cordell Hull | Political party Democratic Role Politician Resigned March 3, 1907 Spouse(s) Nannie DeWitt Butler Education Cumberland University | |
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Born May 11, 1849
Gainesboro, Tennessee ( 1849-05-11 ) Profession Attorney politician
judge Died February 13, 1917, Gainesboro, Tennessee, United States | ||
Preceded by Morgan C. Fitzpatrick | ||
Mounce Gore Butler (May 11, 1849 – February 13, 1917) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.
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Biography
Butler was born on May 11, 1849 in Gainesboro, Tennessee in Jackson County. He attended the common schools, Old Philomath Academy, and the law department of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in the area of Gainesboro.
Career
Butler was a delegate to all Democratic state conventions from 1872 to 1916. From 1894 to 1902, he was the attorney general for the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee.
Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress, Butler was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906. He served from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1907. He resumed the practice of his profession in Gainesboro, Tennessee in Jackson County.
Death
Butler died in Gainsboro on February 13, 1917. He is interred in Gainesboro Cemetery.