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Chester P. Butler

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American politician (1798–1850)
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Chester Pierce Butler
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's11th district
In office
March 4, 1847 – October 5, 1850
Preceded byOwen D. Leib
Succeeded byJohn Brisbin
Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1832–1833
1838–1839
1840
1844
Personal details
Born(1798-03-21)March 21, 1798
DiedOctober 5, 1850(1850-10-05) (aged 52)
Political partyAnti-Mason
Whig
Alma materPrinceton College
Litchfield Law School

Chester Pierce Butler (March 21, 1798 – October 5, 1850) was an American politician who served as anAnti-Masonic member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives andWhig member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.

Early life and education

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

Career

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Butler operated a private legal practice in Wilkes-Barre. He was register and recorder ofLuzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 1821 to 1824. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives in 1832 elected as an Anti-Mason, and again in 1838, 1839, and 1843 as a Whig.[1]

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Chester Pierce Butler".Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives. RetrievedAugust 14, 2024.

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