History of Thomasville, (Fulton County) Georgia United States of America

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Benjamin Butterworth, representative, was born in Warren county, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1837. He was educated at the Ohio university, settled in Cincinnati, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. In 1870 he was appointed U. S. district attorney, and was elected a member of the state senate in 1873. In 1878 he was elected a representative to the 46th Congress, and was re-elected to the 47th Congress. He was appointed by President Arthur in 1883 a Northern Pacific railroad commissioner, as special government counsel to prosecute the South Carolina election cases of 1883, and as United States commissioner of patents. In 1884 he was elected a representative to the 49th Congress and was re-elected to the 50th and 51st congresses. He served on the committees on the Pacific railroad, reform in tho civil service and appropriations, and as chairman of the committee on patents. He prepared the act providing for the compulsory retirement of army officers, introduced a bill in the 50th Congress to abolish all customs duties between the United States and Canada, and in the 51st Congress made a vigorous attack on the McKinley bill. He was appointed U.S. commissioner of patents in 1897. He died at Thomasville, Ga., Jan. 16, 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Thomasville, (Fulton County) Georgia

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