Butler-Belmont family

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The Butler-Belmont family is a family of politicians from the United States.

  • William Butler 1759-1821, South Carolina State Representative 1787-1795, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1801-1813.[1]
    • William Butler 1790-1850, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1841-1843. Son of William Butler.[2]
    • Andrew Pickens Butler 1796-1857, South Carolina State Representative, South Carolina State Senator 1824-1833, Judge in South Carolina 1835-1846, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1846-1857. Son of William Butler.[3]
    • Pierce M. Butler 1798-1847, Governor of South Carolina 1836-1838. Son of William Butler.[4]
    • Milledge Luke Bonham 1813-1890, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1857-1860, Confederate Representative from South Carolina 1861-1862, Governor of South Carolina 1862-1864. First cousin once removed of William Butler.
      • Matthew Butler 1836-1909, South Carolina State Representative 1860 1866, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1870, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1877-1895. Son of William Butler.[5]
      • James DeWolf Perry 1815-1876, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1868. First cousin of Matthew Butler.[6]
      • August Belmont 1816-1890, U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands 1853-1854, U.S. Minister to Netherlands 1854-1857, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee 1860-1868, delegate to Democratic National Convention 1860 1864 1876. First cousin by marriage of Matthew Butler.
      • M.L. Bonham, Adjutant General of South Carolina 1885-1890, Circuit Court Judge in South Carolina 1924-1930, Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1931-1940, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1940. Son of Milledge Luke Bonham.[7]
        • Perry Belmont 1851-1947, U.S. Representative from New York 1881-1888, U.S. Minister to Spain 1888-1889, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1892 1896 1900 1904 1912. Son of August Belmont.[8]
        • August Belmont 1853-1924, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1912. Son of August Belmont.[9]
        • Oliver Belmont 1958-1908, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1900, U.S. Representative from New York 1901-1903. Son of August Belmont.[10]


NOTE: Milledge Luke Bonham was also cousin of U.S. Representative Preston S. Brooks[11]. Matthew Butler was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative Francis W. Pickens[12]. James DeWolf Perry was also great-grandson of U.S. Senator William Bradford[13] and grandson of U.S. Senator James De Wolf[14].