# Chester P. Butler

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{{Short description|American politician (1798–1850)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Chester Pierce Butler
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1798|03|21}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1850|10|05|1798|03|21}}
| birth_place         = {{nowrap|[Wilkes-Barre](/source/Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), U.S.}}
| state1              = [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania)
| district1           = [11th](/source/Pennsylvania's_11th_congressional_district)
| term_start1         = March 4, 1847
| term_end1           = October 5, 1850
| preceded1           = [Owen D. Leib](/source/Owen_D._Leib)
| succeeded1          = [John Brisbin](/source/John_Brisbin)
| office2             = Member of the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives)
| term2               = 1832–1833<br>1838–1839<br>1840<br>1844
| party               = [Anti-Mason](/source/Anti-Masonic_Party)<br>
[Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States))
| alma_mater          = [Princeton College](/source/Princeton_College)<br>[Litchfield Law School](/source/Litchfield_Law_School)
| death_place         = [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
| image               = Chester Pierce Butler.jpg
}}

'''Chester Pierce Butler''' (March 21, 1798 &ndash; October 5, 1850) was an American politician who served as an [Anti-Masonic](/source/Anti-Masonic_Party) member of the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives) and [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) from [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania).

== Early life and education ==
Chester P. Butler was born in [Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania](/source/Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania). He attended [Wilkes-Barre Academy](/source/Wilkes-Barre_Academy) and graduated from [Princeton College](/source/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](/source/Litchfield_Law_School) and was admitted to the bar in 1820.

== Career ==
Butler operated a private legal practice in Wilkes-Barre. He was register and recorder of [Luzerne County, Pennsylvania](/source/Luzerne_County%2C_Pennsylvania), from 1821 to 1824. He was a member of the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives) in 1832 elected as an Anti-Mason, and again in 1838, 1839, and 1843 as a Whig.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chester Pierce Butler |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8918 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives}}</ref>

Butler was elected as a Whig to the [Thirtieth](/source/30th_United_States_Congress) and [Thirty-first](/source/31st_United_States_Congress) Congresses and served until his death in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) in 1850. He was interred in the Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

==See also==
*[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899))

== References ==
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==Sources==
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*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler2.html The Political Graveyard]

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