George Butte | |
Office: | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
Term Start: | July 1, 1932 |
Term End: | October 31, 1936 |
Appointer: | Herbert Hoover |
Predecessor: | James A. Ostrand |
Successor: | Pedro Concepcion |
Office2: | Acting Governor-General of the Philippines |
Term Start2: | January 9, 1932 |
Term End2: | February 29, 1932 |
Preceded2: | Dwight F. Davis |
Successor2: | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
Office3: | Philippine Secretary of Public Instruction |
Term Start3: | December 31, 1930 |
Term End3: | June 30, 1932 |
Appointer3: | Dwight F. Davis |
Predecessor3: | Nicholas Roosevelt |
Successor3: | John H. Holliday |
Office4: | Attorney-General of Puerto Rico |
Term Start4: | 1925 |
Term End4: | 1928 |
Predecessor4: | Herbert P. Coats |
Successor4: | James R. Beverley |
Birth Name: | George Charles Butte |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1877 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Alma Mater: | Austin College, University of Texas, Heidelberg University, University of Berlin |
Party: | Republican |
George Charles Butte (May 9, 1877 – January 18, 1940) was an American attorney, U.S. Army officer, educator, jurist, and Republican politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.[1] He was also a candidate in the 1924 Texas gubernatorial election, running against Ma Ferguson.[2] He also served as attorney general (1925-1928)[3] and acting governor of Puerto Rico (1927-1928).[4] He was an alumnus of Austin College, and studied at the University of Texas, the University of Berlin, Heidelberg University and the Ecole de Droit.[5]