Benjamin Butterworth

Benjamin Butterworth (October 22, 1837 - January 16, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Maineville, Ohio, Butterworth attended the common schools of Warren County, the academy in Maineville, Ohio, and Ohio University in Athens.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.He was appointed assistant United States district attorney in 1868.He served as member of the State senate in 1874 and 1875.

Butterworth was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880. Regent of the Smithsonian Institution.He was appointed a commissioner of the Northern Pacific Railroad by President Arthur in 1883.He served as special Government counsel to prosecute the South Carolina election cases in 1883.

Butterworth was elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891).He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Fifty-first Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.He resumed the practice of his profession in Washington, D.C..He served as Commissioner of Patents from 1896 until his death in Thomasville, Georgia, January 16, 1898.He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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