Lewis Cass and William Butler

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Butler, shown here in a campaign poster, ran on the Democratic ticket in the 1848 presidential election as Vice President with Lewis Cass of Michigan. Cass and Butler lost to Whig Party candidates Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #634 in Carroll County notes the residence of Mexican-American War hero and 1848 vice presidential candidate, William Orlando Butler. William O. Butler was born in Jessamine…