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Algernon Lee Butler

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Algernon Lee Butler served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and confirmed Aug 28, 1959.

Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Confirmed
Aug 28, 1959
Born
1905

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North CarolinaDwight D. Eisenhower · Aug 28, 1959 – Sep 5, 1978

Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Read law1928

Career

Private practice, Clinton, North Carolina, 1928-; State representative, North Carolina, 1931; County attorney, Sampson County, North Carolina, 1938-1951

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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