Thomas B. Butler

Thomas B. Butler

Thomas Belden Butler (born August 22, 1806 in Wethersfield , Connecticut , †  June 8, 1873 in Norwalk , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Butler attended the public schools in his home country. He then studied medicine at Yale University until 1828 . After becoming a doctor, he began practicing his new profession in Norwalk. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1837. He then changed his profession and now practiced as a lawyer in the Norwalk community.

Butler was a member of the Whig Party . Between 1832 and 1846 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives ; from 1847 to 1848 he was a member of the State Senate . In the congressional election of 1848 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Connecticut . There he took over from Truman Smith, who had moved to the Senate , on March 4, 1849 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Origen S. Seymour in the elections of 1850 , Butler could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1851 .

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Thomas Butler began a successful career as a judge. In 1855 he became a judge on the Superior Court of his state. In 1861 he became associate judge at the Connecticut Supreme Court and in 1870 he became its chief judge as chief justice . Thomas Butler died on June 8, 1873 in Norwalk and was buried there.

Web links

• Thomas B. Butler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas B. Butler in the database of Find a Grave (English)