David Butler (Nebraska)
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David C. Butler (December 16, 1829 – May 5, 1891) was a U.S. political figure. He was the first governor of Nebraska, serving from 1867 until 1871.
Born near Linton, Indiana as the eldest son of 10 children, Butler was nominated for a state senate seat in Indiana in 1856, but withdrew before the election. He moved three years later to Pawnee City, Nebraska, and engaged in trading cattle until his election to the Nebraska territorial legislature in 1861. He was elected as a state senator in 1863, won the 1866 election to become Nebraska's first governor.
During his second term (1869-1870), Butler moved the state's capital from Omaha to present-day Lincoln.
In the spring of 1871, soon after taking office for his third term, eleven articles of impeachment were brought against him. The first charged him with misuse of some $16,000 from the state school fund. Butler had allegedly made personal use of this money to purchase lots in the new city of Lincoln. He was suspended from office by the Supreme Court and subsequently tried by the State Senate. He was convicted on the first charge, although the remaining ten were dropped. The Supreme Court then removed him from office.
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1↑ Portrait & Biographical Album of Johnson and Pawnee Counties Nebraska. (1889). pg 111. [1]
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| Preceded by: None |
Governor of Nebraska 1867 – 1871 |
Succeeded by: William H. James |
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| Butler • James • Furnas • Garber • Nance • Dawes • Thayer • Boyd • Thayer • Boyd • Crounse • Holcomb • Poynter • Dietrich • Savage • Mickey • Sheldon • Shallenberger • Aldrich • Morehead • Neville • McKelvie • Bryan • McMullen • Weaver • Bryan • Cochran • Griswold • Peterson • Crosby • Anderson • Brooks • Burney • Morrison • Tiemann • Exon • Thone • Kerrey • Orr • Nelson • Johanns • Heineman |
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