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William Butt
William Butt
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
	In office; 1854–1855
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Born	c. 1805
Died	1888
Political party	Republican

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William Moore Butt (c. 1805–1888) was a politician in Georgia.

Butt arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia, where he had been an Inferior Court judge, and became a merchant.^[1] He served as a councilman in 1853.^[1] The next year, he was elected the eighth mayor.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Garrett (1969) p.353
^ Garrett (1969) p.372

Franklin Miller Garrett (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-3127-9.

Preceded by William Markham	Mayor of Atlanta 1854–1855	Succeeded by Allison Nelson

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[garrett353-1] Garrett (1969) p.353

[2] Garrett (1969) p.372

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