William Butt
William Moore Butt (c. 1805–1888) was a politician in Georgia.
William Butt | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia | |
| In office 1854–1855 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1805 |
| Died | 1888 |
| Political party | Republican |
Butt arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia, where he had been an Inferior Court judge, and became a merchant.[1] He served as a councilman in 1853.[1] The next year, he was elected the eighth mayor.[2]
References
- Franklin Miller Garrett (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-3127-9.