Butler Noble Explained

Butler G. Noble
Order:7th
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Governor:Alexander W. Randall
Term Start:January 2, 1860
Term End:January 6, 1862
Predecessor:Erasmus D. Campbell
Successor:Edward Salomon
State1:Wisconsin
State Assembly1:Wisconsin
District1:Walworth 3rd
Term Start1:January 13, 1858
Term End1:January 12, 1859
Predecessor1:Solmous Wakeley
Successor1:Newton S. Murphy
Birth Name:Butler Gilbert Noble
Birth Date:27 September 1815
Birth Place:Geneva, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Restingplace:Westfield Cemetery
Westfield, New York
Party:Republican

Butler Gilbert Noble (September 27, 1815  - October 25, 1890) was the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin under Governor Alexander Randall.

Biography

He was born in Geneva, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1850. He soon joined the Republican Party. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, from Whitewater, Wisconsin, in 1858,[1] and was elected lieutenant governor at the end of the next year, a position in which he served from 1860 until 1862. In 1864, he moved to New York City, where he held jobs first as a weigher in the customs house, then as a harbor master, then as chief clerk in the seizure room. He died in 1890, from a stroke, in Brooklyn.[2] [3] [4]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. 'The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin 1877, pg. 172
  2. 'Butler G. Noble Dead,' Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, October 27, 1890, pg. 1
  3. 'Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events Of The Year 1890,' Vol. XV, Vol. XXX, D. Appleton and Company, New York City: 1891, Biographical Sketch of Butler Gilbert Noble, pg. 656-657
  4. 'Recent Deaths-Butler Gilbert Noble,' Boston Evening Transcript, October 27, 1890, pg. 4