Editing Pierce Butler (judge) (section)

{{Short description|US Supreme Court justice from 1923 to 1939}}
{{redirect|Justice Butler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Pierce Butler
| image               = Pierce Butler.jpg
| office              = [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
| nominator           = [[Warren G. Harding]]
| term_start          = January 2, 1923 <!--Term start date as per www.supremecourt.gov, reflects date oath taken-->
| term_end            = November 16, 1939<ref name=SCOTUSjustices>{{cite web| url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx| title= Justices 1789 to Present| publisher=Supreme Court of the United States| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref>
| predecessor         = [[William R. Day]]
| successor           = [[Frank Murphy]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1866|3|17}}
| birth_place         = {{nowrap|[[Dakota County, Minnesota]], U.S.}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1939|11|16|1866|3|17}}
| death_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Annie Cronin|1891}}
| children            = 8
| education           = [[Carleton College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| caption             = Butler {{circa}} 1922
| resting_place       = [[Calvary Cemetery (St. Paul, Minnesota)|Calvary Cemetery]]
| signature           = Pierce Butler signature.svg
}}
'''Pierce Butler''' (March 17, 1866 – November 16, 1939) was an American [[jurist]] who served as an [[associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] from 1923 until his death in 1939. He is notable for being the first Supreme Court justice from Minnesota, and for being a Democrat appointed by a Republican president. He was a staunch [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] and was regarded as a part of the [[Four Horsemen (Supreme Court)|Four Horsemen]], the conservative bloc that dominated the Supreme Court during the 1930s. A devout Catholic, he was also the sole dissenter in the later case ''[[Buck v. Bell]]'', though he did not write an opinion.