Chester Pierce Butler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chester Pierce Butler

American politician

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1798

Place of Birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1850

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Chester Pierce Butler (March 21, 1798 – October 5, 1850) was a Whig member of the U.S.
House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. 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, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced 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, 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 Philadelphia in 1850.
Interment in Hollenbeck Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.