Andrew Butler

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Andrew Butler
United States Senator from South Carolina
In office December 4, 1846 – May 25, 1857
Preceded by	George McDuffie
Succeeded by	James H. Hammond
Judge of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas
In office December 6, 1833 – December 3, 1846
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Edgefield District
In office November 22, 1824 – December 5, 1833
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Born	Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-11-18)November 18, 1796 Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	May 25, 1857(1857-05-25) (aged 60) Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Susan Ann Simkins Rebecca Harriett Hayne
Profession	Politician, lawyer, judge
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Andrew Pickens Butler (November 18, 1796 – May 25, 1857) was an American lawyer, slaveholder, and United States senator from South Carolina who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.^[1]

In 1856, abolitionist senator Charles Sumner gave a speech in which he insulted Butler's character. In response Preston Brooks, Butler's first cousin once-removed, caned Sumner on the Senate floor, nearly killing him.