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MARION BUTLER election of 1894; was chairman of the Populist State committee during that campaign; is a trustee and a member of the executive board of the State University, his alma mater; his paper, the Caucasian, has been removed to Raleigh, N. C., and has probably the largest circulation and is one of the most influential papers in the State; was elected to the United States Senate as a Populist, to succeed Matt. W. Ransom, Democrat, in 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901. He was elected chairman of the national executive committee of the Populist party in 1896, and was an earnest and ardent supporter of William J. Bryan for President.