Benjamin Butterworth was an American lawyer and politician.
17 Facts About Benjamin Butterworth
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Benjamin Butterworth served as a US Representative from Ohio and Commissioner of Patents.
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Benjamin Butterworth attended the common schools of Warren County, the academy in Maineville, and Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
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Benjamin Butterworth studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Benjamin Butterworth was appointed assistant United States district attorney in 1868, and served as member of the Ohio Senate in 1874 and 1875.
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Benjamin Butterworth was elected as a Republican candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses.
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Benjamin Butterworth was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
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Benjamin Butterworth served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880 and later served as regent of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Benjamin Butterworth was appointed a commissioner of the Northern Pacific Railroad by President Arthur in 1883.
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Benjamin Butterworth served as special Government counsel to prosecute the South Carolina election cases in 1883.
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Benjamin Butterworth was elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses.
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Benjamin Butterworth served as chairman of the Committee on Patents.
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Benjamin Butterworth was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.
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Benjamin Butterworth was appointed secretary of the 1893 World's Fair Columbian Exposition project at Chicago during the early 1890s and was widely recognized for his role in the success of that enterprise.
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Benjamin Butterworth was regarded as "one of Ohio's big four politically".
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Benjamin Butterworth died January 16,1898, from a severe attack of pneumonia, at Thomasville, Georgia, where he had gone for his health.
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Benjamin Butterworth was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.