Martin J. "Marty" Butler (April 18, 1924 – December 1, 1998) was an American politician and businessman. Born in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

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, Butler served in the

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during

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. He was president of the Distributors Institute, Inc. Butler lived in

Park Ridge, Illinois Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a Chicago suburb. Per the 2020 census, the population was 39,656. It is located northwest of downtown Chicago. It is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways, a ...

with his wife and family. He served on the Park Ridge City Council and as mayor of Park Ridge. In 1967, Butler formed the Homeowners Party when he ran for the Park Ridge City Council. Butler served in the

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, as a

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from 1991 until his death in 1998. Butler died of a heart attack.'Former Mayor Staunch Suburbanite Butler Dies,' Chicago Tribune, Bob Kemper, December 2, 1998

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