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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 byOwen D. Leib
Succeeded byJohn 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.
DiedOctober 5, 1850(1850-10-05) (aged 52)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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 an Anti-Masonic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

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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

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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.[1]

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

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References

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  1. ^ "Chester Pierce Butler". Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives. Retrieved 2024-08-14.

Sources

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

1847–1850
Succeeded by