Benjamin Butterworth
Benjamin Butterworth | |
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Bellamy Storer | |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the second district | |
| In office January 5, 1874 – January 2, 1876 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Peter M. Dechant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1837 Maineville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 1898 (aged 60) Thomasville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Ohio University |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Benjamin Butterworth (October 22, 1837 – January 16, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a
Biography
Butterworth was born near Maineville, Ohio, on October 22, 1837. Butterworth attended the common schools of Warren County, the academy in Maineville, and Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.[1]
"His father was a Virginia planter, who, notwithstanding his property Interests, was so devoted to the cause of universal liberty that he freed his slaves and removed with his family to Ohio. In that state, he became associated with Levi Coffin in the Underground Railroad and assisted fugitive slaves until the close of the war."[2]
Butterworth studied law, was
Butterworth was elected as a
Butterworth shared the racist views held by some but not all congressmen of his era, calling the Chinese "a lower race of people" and declaring that allowing them to mix with whites would create at best "degrading amalgamation but no elevating and ennobling assimilation."[3]
He was appointed secretary of the 1893 World's Fair
Following his government service he resumed the practice of his profession in
Butterworth was regarded as "one of Ohio's big four politically". The quartet was
He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. His son, William Butterworth, married the granddaughter of inventor John Deere, and niece of architect Merton Yale Cady.[5]
References
- ^ a b c BUTTERWORTH, Benjamin – Biographical Information. Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved on April 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c Timely Topics: Weekly nonpartisan news, history, science, politics, geography, and literature, Vol. II. No. 20. January 21, 1898, Lansing, MI
- ^ 13 Cong. Rec. 2131
- ^ "BUTTERWORTH, Benjamin, (1837–1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ The Butterworth Family of Maryland and Virginia, Walter V. Ball, Helen H. Dickinson, Westland Printing Co. Silver Spring, Maryland, December, 1960, p. 41-42
External links
Media related to Benjamin Butterworth at Wikimedia Commons
- United States Congress. "Benjamin Butterworth (id: B001200)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Benjamin Butterworth". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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