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Associate Justice George C. Butte


Tenure: July 01, 1932 - February 01, 1936
Appointed by: Herbert Clark Hoover

Birthdate: May 09, 1877
Died: January 18, 1940
Place of Birth: San Francisco

Education:
  1. B.A., Austin College, 1895
  2. B.A., University of Texas, 1903
  3. M.A., 1904
  4. University of Berlin, 1911 – 1912
  5. J.U.D., University of Heidelberg, 1913
  6. Ecole de Droit, Paris, 1913 – 1914
  7. Admitted to the Texas Bar, 1903
  8. Oklahoma Bar, 1904
  9. The Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1907
Professional Career:
  1. Law Practiced, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1904 – 1911
  2. Professor of Law, University of Texas, 1914
  3. Dean, University of Texas, 1923 – 1924
  4. Chief, Foreign Intelligence Section of the General Staff, U.S. army serving Washington, D.C. with the rank of Captain and then Major, 1918
  5. Attorney General, Puerto Rico, 1925
  6. Vice-Chairman, Public Service Commission
  7. Governor, 1926 – 1927
  8. Vice-Governor and Secretary, Public Instruction of the Philippine
  9. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines, 1932 – 1936
Awards:
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