Chester P. Butler

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Chester Pierce Butler (March 21, 1798 – October 5, 1850) was an American politician who served as an Anti-Masonic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Chester Pierce Butler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th district
In office March 4, 1847 – October 5, 1850
Preceded by	Owen D. Leib
Succeeded by	John Brisbin
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1832–1833 1838–1839 1840 1844
Personal details
Born	(1798-03-21)March 21, 1798 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 5, 1850(1850-10-05) (aged 52) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Anti-Mason Whig
Alma mater	Princeton College Litchfield Law School

Early life and education

Chester P. Butler was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He attended Wilkes-Barre Academy and graduated from Princeton College in 1817. He served as trustee of Wilkes-Barre Academy from 1818 to 1838 and served as secretary. He studied law at Litchfield Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1820.

Career

Butler operated a private legal practice in Wilkes-Barre. He was register and recorder of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 1821 to 1824. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1832 elected as an Anti-Mason, and again in 1838, 1839, and 1843 as a Whig.

Butler was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served until his death in Philadelphia in 1850. He was interred in the Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

Sources

• United States Congress. "Chester P. Butler (id: B001175)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard