Background
Butterworth, Benjamin was born on October 22, 1837 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Linton) Butterworth.
Butterworth, Benjamin was born on October 22, 1837 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Linton) Butterworth.
Graduate Ohio U., Cincinnati Law School.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1861. United States.dist. attorney for Southern Ohio, 1870. Member Ohio Senate from Butler and Warren counties, 1873-1875.
Member United States House of Representatives from Ohio, 46th-47th, 49th-51st congresses, 1879-1883, 85-90. Retained by United State Attorneys general as special counsel in South Carolina. election cases. United States commissioner patents, 1883.
97; commissioner to investigate certain phases of N.P. Railway, 1883. Opened law office, Washington, District of Columbia, 1890.
Member Ohio Senate from Butler and Warren counties, 1873-1875. Member United States House of Representatives from Ohio, 46th-47th, 49th-51st congresses, 1879-1883, 85-90.
Married Mary Seiler, November 2, 1863.