Edward Butler was a state legislator who served in the

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Butler was born 1842/3 in

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. He was elected to represent

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in the

from 1870 until 1874. He also was a recorder for the parish and served as a member of the school board. In 1871 Governor Henry C. Warmoth appointed Butler and

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as members of a commission to find a site for a new State House. Butler was charged with fraud in relation to his service on the school board in 1878 but was never prosecuted. While a senator he was beaten and stabbed by a crew member of the ''Bannock Rock'' riverboat after trying to gain access to a first class cabin.

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