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About Pierce Butler
Pierce Butler was an Anglo-Irish American politician who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the Kingdom of Ireland, Butler emigrated to the British North American colonies, where he fought in the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served as a state legislator and was a member of the Congress of the Confederation. In 1787, he served as a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, where Butler signed the Constitution of the United States; he was also a member of the United States Senate.
Everything about Pierce Butler →- Occupation
- politician, farmer, plantation owner, military officer
- Position held
- United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 11, 1744
- Died
- February 15, 1822