Pierce Butler (July 11, 1744 – February 15, 1822) was a South Carolina rice planter, slaveholder, politician, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as a state legislator, a member of the Congress of the Confederation, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and a member of the United States Senate.
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11 July 1744 County Carlow, Ireland
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Died |
15 February 1822 (aged 77) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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