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==Early life and education== Butler was born in [[Northfield, Minnesota]], to Patrick and Mary Ann Butler.<ref name="SCHS" /> Born in a log cabin, he was the sixth of nine children. All but his sister lived to adulthood.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} His parents were [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] immigrants from [[County Wicklow]], [[Ireland]], who had met in [[Galena, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2022 |title=Pierce Butler: An Inventory of His Family Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society |url=http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00007.pdf |access-date=2023-02-02 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society}}</ref> They had left the same part of Ireland because of the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]]. Butler graduated from [[Carleton College]] in 1887. He received both a degree in the arts and a degree in science. He then [[Reading law|read the law]] for one year before being admitted to the [[Bar association|bar]] in 1888.<ref name="SCHS" /> He married Annie M. Cronin in 1891.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Onofrio |first=Jan |title=Minnesota Biographical Dictionary: People of All Times and Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State |publisher=Scholarly Pr |year=1994 |isbn=978-0403099450 |page=48}}</ref>
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