Butler Noble
19th century American Republican politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
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Butler Gilbert Noble (September 27, 1815 – October 25, 1890) was the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin under Governor Alexander Randall.
Butler G. Noble | |
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| 7th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin | |
| In office January 2, 1860 – January 6, 1862 | |
| Governor | Alexander W. Randall |
| Preceded by | Erasmus D. Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Edward Salomon |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Walworth 3rd district | |
| In office January 13, 1858 – January 12, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Solmous Wakeley |
| Succeeded by | Newton S. Murphy |
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| Born | Butler Gilbert Noble September 27, 1815 Geneva, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 1890 (aged 75) Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Westfield Cemetery Westfield, New York |
| Party | Republican |
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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]
