What is G. K. Butterfield?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = G. K. Butterfield |image = GK Butterfield, Official photo 116th Congress.jpg |state = [[North Carolina]] |district = {{ushr|NC|1|1st}} |term_start = July 20, 2004 |term_end = January 3, 2023 |predecessor = [[Frank Ballance]] |successor = [[Donald G. Davis]] |office2 = Associate Justice of the<br>[[North Carolina Supreme Court]] |appointer2 = [[Mike Easley]] |term_start2 = February 5, 2001 |term_end2 = January 1, 2003 |predecessor2 = [[I. Beverly Lake]] |successor2 = [[Edward Thomas Brady]] |birth_name = {{nowrap|George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|4|27}} |birth_place = [[Wilson, North Carolina|Wilson]], [[North Carolina]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Jean Farmer-Butterfield|Jean Farmer]]|1971|1991|reason=divorced}} |children = 3 |education = [[North Carolina Central University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |website = [https://butterfield.house.gov/ House website] |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{army|United States}} |serviceyears = 1968–1970 |rank = [[File:Army-USA-OR-04b.svg|20px]] [[Specialist (rank)|Specialist]] }} '''George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.''' (born April 27, 1947) is an American politician. In 2004, he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[North Carolina's 1st congressional district]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Butterfield was appointed to be an Associate Justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] by Governor [[Mike Easley]] in 2001. He is a member of the [[Congressional Black Caucus]] and was its chair from 2015 to 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://cbc.house.gov/membership/|publisher=Congressional Black Caucus|access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref> In November 2021, Butterfield announced his retirement and would not run for re-election in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/home