AKA Smedley Darlington Butler

Born: 30-Jul-1881
Birthplace: West Chester, PA
Died: 21-Jun-1940
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, West Chester, PA

Gender: Male
Religion: Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Military
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Exposed the 1933 coup plot

Military service: USMC

Was approached in the summer of 1933 by plotters from the Morgan Bank planning a coup d'etat against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bond trader Gerald MacGuire spoke on behalf of financiers Grayson Murphy, Robert Sterling Clark, and six other men. He attempted to lure Butler into their traitorous scheme: march 500,000 veterans on the capitol and forcibly seize FDR. Butler demurred and revealed the story at public Congressional hearings in 1934. His story was corroborated by Veterans of Foreign Wars commander James Van Zandt, who testified that he had been approached to lead the 500,000-man march on Washington.

Father: Thomas Stalker Butler (Congressman, Pennsylvania 1897-1928)
Mother: Maud Mary Darlington
Wife: Ethel C. Peters (m. 30-Jun-1905)
Daughter: Ethel Peters Butler
Son: Smedley Darlington Butler
Son: Thomas Richard Butler

    High School: Haverford School, Haverford, PA

    Congressional Medal of Honor (Dec-1915)
    Congressional Medal of Honor again
    Distinguished Service Medal 1919
    Shot: Battle Battle of Tientsin (13-Jul-1900)
    Shot: Battle San Tan Pating

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