In August 1906, Butt was convicted of bribery for giving state Senator Reuben R. Adams $100 to vote for the state capitol appropriation. Butt’s prison sentence began on January 1, 1907. There was widespread public support for pardoning Butt, and a petition with more than 8,000 signatures in support of such a pardon was delivered to Acting Governor X. O. Pindall. On June 27, 1907, Pindall pardoned Butt.
Butt resumed practicing law after his pardon and, in 1911, resumed his political career when he successfully ran for mayor of Eureka Springs (Carroll County); he served two terms. He was appointed as a delegate to the 1917–1918 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, and in 1926, was elected to his old state Senate district and served two terms (1927–1930).
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In August 1906, Butt was convicted of bribery for giving state Senator Reuben R. Adams $100 to vote for the state capitol appropriation.
Butt’s prison sentence began on January 1, 1907. There was widespread public support for pardoning Butt, and a petition with more than 8,000 signatures in support of such a pardon was delivered to Acting Governor X. O. Pindall. On June 27, 1907, Pindall pardoned Butt.
Butt resumed practicing law after his pardon and, in 1911, resumed his political career when he successfully ran for mayor of Eureka Springs (Carroll County); he served two terms. He was appointed as a delegate to the 1917–1918 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, and in 1926, was elected to his old state Senate district and served two terms (1927–1930).
source: https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/festus-orestes-butt-17591/
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