Thomas Stalker Butler was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1897, until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. He was the f
Butler in 1913
Thomas S. Butler, center, with U.S. Navy Admiral Henry T. Mayo and an unidentified Marine Lieutenant returning from France aboard USS Siboney in August 1919.
Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was a United States Marine Corps officer and, later, an anti-war advocate. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Box
Thomas S. Butler
…Pennsylvania from March 4, 1897, until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. He was the father of the Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler. He was Dean of the United States House of Representatives. Butler was born in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was Samuel…
Second Lieutenant Smedley Butler in uniform c. 1898
Marine Officers at Veracruz, 1914. Front row, left to right: Wendell C. Neville; John A. Lejeune; Littleton W. T. Waller, Commanding; Smedley Butler.
Butler (far right) with other Marines in Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914. From left to right: Sgt. Maj. John H. Quick, Maj. Gen. Wendell Cushing Neville, Col. John Archer Lejeune.