Samuel Butman
Samuel Butman | |
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| 31st President of the Maine Senate | |
| In office January 5, 1853 – January 4, 1854 | |
| Preceded by | Noah Prince |
| Succeeded by | Luther Moore |
| Member of the Maine Senate from the Penobscot district | |
| In office January 5, 1853 – January 4, 1854 Serving with Franklin Muzzy and Newell Blake | |
| Succeeded by | Hiram Ruggles |
| In office January 4, 1826 – March 4, 1827 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Kelsey |
| Succeeded by | Solomon Parsons |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | David Kidder |
| Succeeded by | James Bates |
| Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
| In office January 2, 1822 – January 1, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Abel Ruggles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 30, 1788 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 9, 1864 (aged 76) Plymouth, Maine |
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| Spouse | Apphia Blaisdell |
| Children | 3, including Samuel G. |
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Samuel Butman (April 30, 1788 – October 9, 1864) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A farmer and War of 1812 veteran, Butman served in the Maine State House before entering the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented Maine's seventh congressional district. Late in life he entered the Maine State Senate, where he served as the chamber's president.
Butman was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on April 30, 1788.[1] His family moved to Dixmont in present-day Maine (then a region of Massachusetts) in 1805. There his father, an American Revolutionary War veteran, worked as a farmer.
During the War of 1812, Butman served as captain of a militia company that participated in the ill-fated Battle of Hampden.[2] In 1820, he attended the state constitutional convention. Two years later, in 1822, he was elected to the Maine state house, and served that year; he served in the state senate from 1826 to 1827. Butman left the state legislature to serve in the 20th and 21st Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831) in the U.S. House of Representatives as a representative of Maine's seventh district.
In 1846, Butman was county commissioner of Penobscot County. He served one last term in the state senate as a Whig and was elected the body's president in 1853.[3] He died in Plymouth, Maine, on October 9, 1864.
References
- ^ History of Penobscot County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
- ^ "The Battle of Hampden" Harry Chapman, Sprague's Journal of Maine History, vol. II, no. 4 (Oct. 1914)
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature". The Ellsworth Herald. Vol. 2. January 7, 1853. p. 3. Retrieved May 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Butman, Samuel, 1788-1864." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. [1]