Background
Butterfield, Ora Elmer was born on November 9, 1870 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Oscar Holland and Rosalia Edna (Elmer) Butterfield.
Butterfield, Ora Elmer was born on November 9, 1870 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Oscar Holland and Rosalia Edna (Elmer) Butterfield.
Graduate Child’s Business College, Springfield, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1891.
Admitted to Michigan bar, 1891, and practiced in Ann Arbor until 1902. Served as Circuit Court commissioner, city attorney and alderman. Local attorney Medical Corps Railroad, 1896-1902.
General attorney same, Detroit, 1902-1909.
Became assistant general solicitor New York City Railroad, 1909. Later devoting entire attention to state and federal regulation of rys.
Republican.
Married Amy Iola Dunklee, September 14, 1893.