Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: democratic-republican - commands: south carolina militia - predecessor: john rutledge , jr. . robert goodloe harper - birth date: december 17 , 1759 - branch: south carolina militia - profession: planter , soldier - death date: november 15 , 1821 -lrb- aged 61 -rrb- - office: member edgefield county member of the south carolina house of representatives of from st. mark 's parish the south carolina house of representatives from - district: south carolina 2 2nd south carolina 5 5th - term end: march 3 , 1813 march 3 , 1803 - serviceyears: 1775 -- 1814 - name: william butler - death place: near mount willing , saluda county , south carolina - birth place: prince william county , virginia - term: january , 1795 january 1 , 1787 & ndash ; january 3 20 , 1790 , 1791 & ndash ; december 19 - successor: william lowndes richard winn - state: south carolina south carolina - battles: american revolutionary war second cherokee war war of 1812 - allegiance: usa 1775 united states - term start: march 4 , 1803 march 4 , 1801 - rank: major general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william butler -lrb- 1759 -- 1821 -rrb- .
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william butler -lrb- december 17 , 1759 -- november 15 , 1821 -rrb- was a united states representative from south carolina .born in prince william county , virginia , he moved to south carolina as a young man .he served in the snow campaign under colonel richard richardson in 1775 and in gen. andrew williamson 's expedition against the cherokee indians in 1776 .in 1779 he was a lieutenant in pulaski 's legion , under gen. benjamin lincoln , and served under gen. andrew pickens at the siege of augusta in 1780 .he served as captain under general william henderson in 1781 , and was a captain of mounted rangers under pickens in 1782 .butler was a member of the state convention which adopted the united states constitution , and was a member of the south carolina house of representatives from 1787 to 1795 .he was sheriff of the ninety-six district in 1791 , and was elected major general of the upper division of state militia in 1796 .butler was elected as a democratic-republican to the 7th united states congress and served in the five succeeding congresses , from march 4 , 1801 to march 3 , 1813 .he then chose not run for reelection .butler was a major general commanding the troops raised for the defense of south carolina in the war of 1812 , and then retired to his plantation on the saluda river , near mount willing , south carolina .he died at his plantation in 1821 at the age of 61 , and was buried in the butler family cemetery at butler methodist church , near saluda .william butler was the father of william butler -lrb- 1790 -- 1850 -rrb- , andrew pickens butler , and pierce mason butler , and the grandfather of matthew calbraith butler .all except pierce butler -lrb- who served as governor of south carolina -rrb- were members of the u.s. congress from south carolina .butler was a first cousin to sophia butler -lrb- smith -rrb- bonham , the mother of texas hero james butler bonham and u.s. congressman milledge luke bonham .