Biography

1838 - 03/10/1901

BUTTERFIELD, Henry, a Representative from Erie County; born, circa 1838 in Butler County, Pa.; attended, Western University at Pittsburg (now University of Pittsburgh); clerk and deputy prothonotary, Erie County; transcribing clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1864-1865); clerk of courts, Erie County (appointed, 1865; elected, 1866-1867); attorney-at-law; appointed, District Attorney, Erie County; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1874 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1875 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1876-1880); reelected to the House for the 1893 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1895 term; died, March 10, 1901 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.