Gordon Butler | |
Birth Place: | Scipio, Indiana, U.S. |
Birth Date: | February 2, 1889 |
Death Date: | August 1, 1964 (aged 75) |
Office: | Member of the Minnesota Senate |
Term Start: | 1951 |
Term End: | 1964 |
Education: | Purdue University (BS) |
Unit: | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
Battles: | World War I World War II |
Death Place: | Minnesota, U.S. |
Children: | 3 |
Gordon H. Butler Sr. (February 2, 1889 - August 1, 1964) was an American businessman and politician.
Butler was born in Scipio, Indiana, and graduated from Purdue University in 1913 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He also went to the University of London in 1918 and 1919.
Butler moved to Duluth, Minnesota with his wife and family in 1914 and was a civil engineer and general contractor for the concrete business. He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War I and World War II and was commissioned a major. Butler served in the Minnesota Senate from 1951 until his death in 1964.[1]