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BUTTERWORTH (Soundex B366) — See also AFTERWIT, BUTTENWEISER, BUTTER, BUTTERFIELD, BUTTERLY, BUTTERS, CUMBERWORTH, DORWORTH, FAIRWORTH, FINSTERWALD, HEISSENBUTTEL, OSTERWISE, SATTERWHITE, TERWILLIGER, UNTERWEGER, WATERWORTH.

  BUTTERWORTH: See also Herbert Stewart Goold
  Butterworth, (need first name) — of Passaic County, N.J. Socialist Labor candidate for New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1909. Burial location unknown.
  Butterworth, A. G. — of Virginia. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1924. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Butterworth, Benjamin (1837-1898) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born near Maineville, Warren County, Ohio, October 22, 1837. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state senate, 1874-75; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1879-83, 1885-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1880; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1896-98. Died in Thomasville, Thomas County, Ga., January 16, 1898 (age 60 years, 86 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Butterworth, Bob A. — of Florida. Democrat. Florida state attorney general; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000. Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Still living as of 2000.
  Butterworth, Edward L. — of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Calif. Mayor of Arcadia, Calif., 1962-63, 1970-71. Still living as of 1971.
  Butterworth, Edward R. — of Nahant, Essex County, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952. Still living as of 1952.
  Butterworth, Mrs. J. B. — of Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1964. Female. Still living as of 1964.
  Butterworth, John C. — of New Jersey. Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1924, 1932, 1938, 1942, 1944; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  Butterworth, John G. — Socialist Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956. Still living as of 1956.
  Butterworth, Lois — Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1972. Female. Still living as of 1972.
  Butterworth, Samuel F. — of Mississippi. U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1838-41. Burial location unknown.
  Butterworth, Samuel F. — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860. Burial location unknown.
  Butterworth, Thomas — of Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1876. Burial location unknown.
  Butterworth, Virginia — of Tiverton, Newport County, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 2008. Female. Still living as of 2008.
  Butterworth, W. H. — of Indiana. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868. Burial location unknown.
  Butterworth, W. Walton See William Walton Butterworth, Jr.
  Butterworth, Walton See William Walton Butterworth, Jr.
  Butterworth, William Walton, Jr. (1903-1975) — also known as W. Walton Butterworth — of Brookeville, Montgomery County, Md. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 7, 1903. Son of Dr. William Walton Butterworth and Maud Ravencamp (Campbell) Butterworth. Rhodes scholar; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Singapore, 1929-31; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1950-53; Canada, 1962-68. Died in 1975 (age about 71 years). Interment somewhere in Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Married, November 10, 1928, to Virginia Parker.



 

 


 
   
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