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Edward Hubert Butler I (1850 - March 9, 1914) was the founder of the

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in 1880.

Biography

He was born in 1850 in

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, Genesee County, New York and attended local schools. His news career began with the local paper LeRoy Gazette (in

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), then moved on to Scranton Times as city editor and the same position at Scranton Free Press. Butler moved to Buffalo in 1873 to start the news and later the Bradford Sunday News in 1879. He was the father of

Edward Hubert Butler Jr. Edward Hubert Butler II (June 19, 1883 – February 19, 1956) was an American publisher and editor of ''The Buffalo Evening News'' (1914–1956) and president of radio station WBEN (1930–1956) and WBEN-TV (1948–1956). Biography He was born o ...

, who was publisher and editor of the Evening News as well as owner of two local radio stations. Butlter Sr. married Mary Elizabeth Barber in 1871, who died in 1893. Butler died in

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on March 9, 1914. His publishing business was left to his son.

Politics

Butler was a Republican and involved in state politics (with the Board of Electors of the State of New York). He was a

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in the

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and 1900 presidential elections. He was a delegate to the

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Legacy

E. H. Butler Library
at Buffalo State College was dedicated in 1950.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Edward Hubert 1850 births 1914 deaths 19th-century American newspaper founders Businesspeople from Buffalo, New York Writers from Scranton, Pennsylvania Journalists from New York (state) Journalists from Pennsylvania 1896 United States presidential electors 1900 United States presidential electors