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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New HampshireJosiah BUTLER
(1779-1854)
BUTLER, Josiah, a
Representative from New Hampshire; born in Pelham, N.H., December
4, 1779; attended the Londonderry and Atkinson Academies and was
instructed by private tutors; was graduated from Harvard University
in 1803; taught school in Virginia for three years; studied law;
was admitted to the bar of Virginia in 1807; returned to Pelham,
N.H., and commenced practice in 1807; moved to Deerfield in 1809;
sheriff of Rockingham County 1810-1813; clerk of the court of
common pleas; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1812 to the
Thirteenth Congress; member of the State house of representatives
in 1815 and 1816; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress
and reelected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4,
1817-March 3, 1823); chairman, Committee on Agriculture
(Seventeenth Congress); associate justice of the State court of
common pleas 1825-1835; died in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H.,
October 27, 1854; interment in Granite Cemetery, South Deerfield,
N.H.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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