Andrew Pickens Butler was a United States senator from South Carolina who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
In 1856, abolitionist senator Charles Sumner gave a speech in which he insulted Butler's... Wikipedia
Born: November 18, 1796, Edgefield, SC
Died: May 25, 1857 (age 60 years), Edgefield, SC
Party: Democratic Party
Movies: Beastly Boyz
Place of burial: Butler Family Cemetery, Saluda
Previous offices: Senator, SC (1846–1857) and South Carolina State Senator (1824–1833)
Books
The Massachusetts Resolutions on the Sumner Assault and the Slavery Issue
1856
Speech of Hon. A.P. Butler, of South Carolina, on the Bill to Enable the People of Kansas Territory to Form a Constitution and State Government, Preparatory to Their Admission Into the Union, Etc: Delivered in the United States Senate, June 12, 1856
1856
The Massachusetts Resolutions on the Sumner Assault, and the Slavery Issue. Speeches of Senators Butler, Evans, and Hunter, Delivered in the Senate of the United States
Speech of Hon. A. P. Butler, of South Carolina, on the Difficulty of Messrs. Brooks and Sumner, and the Causes Thereof
1856