George Charles Butte (May 9, 1877 – January 18, 1940) was an American attorney, U.S. Army officer, educator, jurist, and Republican politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was also a candidate in the 1924 Texas gubernatorial election, running against
Ma Ferguson
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. He also served as
attorney general
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(1925-1928) and acting governor of Puerto Rico (1927-1928). He was an alumnus of
Austin College
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, the
University of Berlin
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Heidelberg University
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and the Ecole de Droit.
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1940 deaths
United States Army officers
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Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines