Chester Pierce Butler | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1847 – October 5, 1850 | |
| Preceded by | Owen D. Leib |
| Succeeded by | John Brisbin |
| Member of thePennsylvania 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) |
| Political party | Anti-Mason Whig |
| Alma mater | Princeton 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.
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.
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.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1847–1850 | Succeeded by |
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