Samuel Butman

Samuel Butman
31st President of the Maine Senate
In office January 5, 1853 – January 4, 1854
Preceded by	Noah Prince
Succeeded by	Luther Moore
Member of the Maine Senate
In office January 5, 1853 – January 4, 1854 Serving with Franklin Muzzy and Newell Blake
Succeeded by	Hiram Ruggles
Constituency	9th district (Penobscot County)
In office January 4, 1826 – March 4, 1827
Preceded by	Joseph Kelsey
Succeeded by	Solomon Parsons
Constituency	Penobscot County
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 7th district
In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	David Kidder
Succeeded by	James Bates
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office January 2, 1822 – January 1, 1823
Preceded by	Benjamin Shaw
Succeeded by	Abel Ruggles
Personal details
Born	(1788-04-30)April 30, 1788 Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	October 9, 1864(1864-10-09) (aged 76) Plymouth, Maine
Party	Democratic-Republican (until c. 1826) Anti-Jacksonian (c. 1826‍–‍1834) Whig (1834‍–‍1854) Republican (1854‍–‍1864)
Spouse	Apphia Blaisdell
Children	3, including Samuel G.
Occupation	Farmer merchant politician
Military service
Battles/wars	War of 1812 Battle of Hampden

Samuel Butman (April 30, 1788 – October 9, 1864) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A farmer and War of 1812 veteran, Butman served in the Maine State House before entering the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented Maine's seventh congressional district. Late in life he entered the Maine State Senate, where he served as the chamber's president.

Butman was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on April 30, 1788. His family moved to Dixmont in present-day Maine (then a region of Massachusetts) in 1805. There his father, an American Revolutionary War veteran, worked as a farmer.

During the War of 1812, Butman served as captain of a militia company that participated in the ill-fated Battle of Hampden. In 1820, he attended the state constitutional convention. Two years later, in 1822, he was elected to the Maine state house, and served that year; he served in the state senate from 1826 to 1827. Butman left the state legislature to serve in the 20th and 21st Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831) in the U.S. House of Representatives as a representative of Maine's seventh district.

In 1846, Butman was county commissioner of Penobscot County. He served one last term in the state senate as a Whig and was elected the body's president in 1853. He died in Plymouth, Maine, on October 9, 1864.

References

• "Butman, Samuel, 1788-1864." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. [1]