Andrew P. Butler

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Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.

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instanceOf United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
slave owner ⓘ
advocatedFor expansion of slavery into U.S. territories ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Bleeding Kansas crisis ⓘ
buriedIn Edgefield, South Carolina ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1796-11-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1857-05-25 ⓘ
educatedAt South Carolina College ⓘ
University of South Carolina ⓘ
endTime as U.S. senator: 1857 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Butler ⓘ
fullName Andrew Pickens Butler ⓘ
givenName Andrew ⓘ
heldJudicialPositionIn South Carolina ⓘ
ideology pro-slavery ⓘ
memberOf United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
middleName Pickens ⓘ
notableFor role in events leading to Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
strong pro-slavery views ⓘ
support for Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn antebellum U.S. slavery debates ⓘ
placeOfBirth Edgefield County, South Carolina ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edgefield, South Carolina ⓘ
positionHeld U.S. Senator from South Carolina ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
practicedLawIn South Carolina ⓘ
regionOfActivity American South ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
relative Pierce Butler ⓘ
William Butler ⓘ
represented South Carolina ⓘ
servedAs judge of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
judge of the South Carolina Court of Sessions ⓘ
servedIn South Carolina state judiciary ⓘ
startTime as U.S. senator: 1846 ⓘ
supported Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
wasTargetOf Charles Sumner's speech "The Crime Against Kansas" ⓘ

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