About Horace Butler
Lived 1814 – 1861 (aged 46–47). Horace Butler was an American politician.
Horace Butler was an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
Biography Butler was born in South Deerfield, New Hampshire. He moved to McHenry County, Illinois, in 1836 and then Libertyville, Illinois, in neighboring Lake County in 1839. He was a member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1848; and later served as postmaster (1953–1961).
He died on March 16, 1861. His daughter was married to state legislator Ansel B. Cook.
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