Person in the county’s record
From the state marker“U.S. Senator, 1896-1901. President of National & State Farmers' Alliance. Chair of Populist Party. He was born nearby.”
State historical marker: I-36: Marion Butler 1863-1938
1863–1938 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for Marion Butler so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
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Papers of the Denmark family, 1861 to 1966, gathered by Leonidas Polk Denmark (1892 to 1964), grandson of the farm leader Colonel Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837 to 1892). They cover Polk's agricultural journalism, the Farmers' Alliance and Populist politics, the Civil War, World War I and the 1918 influenza. Hillsborough appears among the places.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Butler, Marion, 1863-1938.
Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this person. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled.
The first full biography of Marion Butler (1863 to 1938), who led North Carolina's Farmers' Alliance while still in his twenties, went on to head the national Alliance, held a U.S. Senate seat as a Populist, 1895 to 1901, and chaired the national party through the 1896 and 1900 campaigns. James L. Hunt follows him on through disfranchisement, Progressive-era Republican politics and the New Deal. UNC Press published it in 2003; 338 pages.
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