Biography

1838 - 03/10/1901

Henry Butterfield (R49) Erie County 1876-1880

Early Life:

Henry Butterfield, born, circa 1838, Butler County, Pennsylvania; academic education; attended, Western University at Pittsburg (now University of Pittsburgh); read law, and is now engaged in the practice of law in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania; clerk and deputy prothonotary, Erie County; transcribing clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1864-1865; appointed, clerk of courts, Erie County, 1865; elected, clerk of courts, Erie County, 1866-1867; attorney-at-law; appointed, District Attorney, Erie County; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1874 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1875 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1876-1880; judge-advocate, rank of major-in – staff, General Henry Shippen Hindehoper, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1880-1884; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1893-1894 term, not a candidate for reelection, 1895 term; died, March 10, 1901, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interment, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Clerk, deputy prothonotary, Erie County. 

Transcribing clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1864-1865. 

Appointed, clerk of courts, Erie County, 1865; elected, clerk of courts, Erie County, 1866-1867. 

Appointed, District Attorney, Erie County. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1874 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1875 term.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 49th district, Erie County, 1876-1880; committee assignments, Constitutional Reform, Military Affairs (Chairman), Public Buildings, New Counties and County Seats. 

Judge-advocate, rank of major-in – staff, General Henry Shippen Hindehoper, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1880-1884.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1893-1894 term; not a candidate for reelection, 1895 term.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1879) Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 705, 710-712, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 661.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1893). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 784.

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Tuesday, March 12, 1901, Page 4.

Henry Butterfield (1837-1901) - Find a Grave Memorial