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BURT, Armistead, speaker of the house of representatives, born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, 16 November, 1802 ; died in Abbeville, South Carolina, 30 October, 1883. His father removed to Pendleton, South Carolina, in 1810. Young Butt received a classical education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Abbeville in 1828, and practiced law there until his death. He was elected to congress as a Calhoun democrat, and served from 1843 till 1853. In 1848, during the absence of the speaker, Robert C. Winthrop, Mr. Burr was speaker pro tempore. During the civil war he was strongly in sympathy with the Confederate government, but held no office. He was a delegate to the New York democratic convention of 1868.
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