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Chester Pierce Butler (March 21, 1798 – October 5, 1850) was an American politician who served as a Whig member of the
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from
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.


Early life and education

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


Career

Butler operated a private legal practice in Wilkes-Barre. He was register and recorder of
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, from 1821 to 1824. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1832, 1838, 1839, and again in 1843. Butler was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served until his death in
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in 1850. He was interred in the Hollenbeck Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.


See also

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


Sources


The Political Graveyard
1798 births 1850 deaths Politicians from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Litchfield Law School alumni Princeton University alumni Burials at the Congressional Cemetery {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub