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Richard Butler is believed to be the first person with the surname Butler to arrive in America. He was a page-boy on an expedition led by Captain Philip Amadas and Master Arthur Barlowe. What year did he arrive?

 

 

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Thomas Ambrose Butler, an Irish American priest, was famously known for his:

 

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Which food item did Captain Nathaniel Butler introduce to America in the 17th century?

 

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Which Butler signed the United States Constitution and became a founding father representing South Carolina?

 

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What unique feature of Thomas Butler’s appearance became a subject of controversy within the military during the American Revolution?

 

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Which Butler was killed along with his son by loyalists under the command of William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham in 1781?

 

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Richard Butler is credited with helping to found a museum that is now the largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere. Which  museum was he involved in founding?

 

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Which state had the highest number of Union Butlers during the Civil War?

 

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Who was the highest-ranking Confederate Butler during the Civil War?

 

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Who was a candidate for U.S. Vice President in 1848 and is associated with multiple geographic locations named Butler in the United States?

 

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Which Butler was known for leading Butler’s Rangers, a Loyalist provincial military unit during the American Revolutionary War?

 

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Who made the statement, “When I wanted a thing done well, I had a Butler do it,” in reference to the Fighting Butlers during the American Revolution?

 

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Which Butler co-authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act, influencing expansion westward and the debate over slavery in new territories?

 

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Who was the husband and manager of famed sharpshooter Annie Oakley?

 

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Which Butler has an asteroid named after him?

 

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What significant contribution did Dr. John O. Butler make to the dental industry?

 

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Known as “Old Gimlet Eye,” which Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history by the time of his death in 1940?

 

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Which Butler, a major general in the Union Army during the Civil War, also led the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and was involved in the passage of significant civil rights legislation?

 

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Who founded Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, originally established as North Western Christian University?

 

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Which Butler was a founding member of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath?

 

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