# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:31.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-butler"
name: "Matthew Butler"
slug: "matthew-butler"
description: "Matthew Calbraith Butler was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander, attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, reconstruction era three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1836-1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MatthewButler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1836-03-08"
deathDate: "1909-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.87
  momentum:             0.9951845906902087
  historical:           10.95799333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Matthew Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماثيو باتلر"
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    title: "ماثيو باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "متیو باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Butler"
    title: "Matthew Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Butler"
    title: "Matthew Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "متیو باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Butler"
    title: "Matthew Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%AA'%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A8"
    title: "מת'יו באטלר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Butler"
    title: "Matthew Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Butler"
    title: "Matthew Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._Butler"
    title: "Matthew C. Butler"
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  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Butler"
    title: "Matthew Butler"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1584330"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump