Facts: - profession: politician , lawyer , judge - death place: edgefield , south carolina , u.s. - jr/sr: united states senator - preceded: george mcduffie - term: december november 26 , 1832 & ndash ; december 5 , 4 1833 november 22 , 1824 & ndash ; december 17 , , 1831 1846 -- may 25 , 1857 - party: democrat - death date: 25 may 1857 - spouse: susan ann simkins rebecca harriett hayne - office: member member of the south carolina house of representatives from edgefield of district the south carolina senate from edgefield district - succeeded: james h. hammond - birth date: 18 november 1796 - state: south carolina - name: andrew pickens butler - birth place: edgefield , south carolina , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andrew butler .
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andrew pickens butler -lrb- november 18 , 1796may 25 , 1857 -rrb- was a united states senator from south carolina who authored the kansas-nebraska act with senator stephen douglas of illinois .