Butler Gilbert Noble (September 27, 1815 – October 25, 1890) was the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin under Governor Alexander Randall.
Biography
He was born in Geneva, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1850. He soon joined the Republican Party. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, from Whitewater, Wisconsin, in 1858,[1] and was elected lieutenant governor at the end of the next year, a position in which he served from 1860 until 1862. In 1864, he moved to New York City, where he held jobs first as a weigher in the customs house, then as a harbor master, then as chief clerk in the seizure room. He died in 1890, from a stroke, in Brooklyn.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ 'The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin 1877, pg. 172
- ^ 'Butler G. Noble Dead,' Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, October 27, 1890, pg. 1
- ^ 'Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events Of The Year 1890,' Vol. XV, Vol. XXX, D. Appleton and Company, New York City: 1891, Biographical Sketch of Butler Gilbert Noble, pg. 656-657
- ^ 'Recent Deaths-Butler Gilbert Noble,' Boston Evening Transcript, October 27, 1890, pg. 4
Sources
- "Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. July 2005. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
- "Butler Noble". Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
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