Charles S. Butler

Charles S. Butler
Charles S. Butler
	Butler in 1910 newspaper
Member of the New York State Assembly; from the Broome County district
	In office; 1911–1911
Preceded by	Harry C. Perkins
Succeeded by	Arthur J. Ruland
Personal details
Born	Charles Sylvester Butler; March 29, 1870; Colesville, New York, U.S.
Died	May 26, 1946 (aged 76)
Resting place	Spring Forest Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jessie Bushnell (m. 1899); E. Irene
Children	3
Alma mater	Albany Medical College
Occupation	Politician; physician;

Charles Sylvester Butler (March 29, 1870 – May 26, 1946) was an American physician and politician from New York.

Life

Butler was born on March 29, 1870, in Colesville, New York, the son of Dr. Andrew J. Butler and Mary J. Booth.[1]

Butler attended Windsor High School and studied medicine with his father. He graduated from Albany Medical College in 1895.[1] After graduating, he assisted his father's practice. He then moved to Nineveh. In 1898, after taking a course in the Polyclinic, he returned to Nineveh and was appointed surgeon of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. In 1903, he moved to Harpursville.[2]

In 1906, Butler was elected a coroner for Broome County. He held that office for three years and declined a nomination for a second term. In 1910, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Broome County. He served in the Assembly in 1911.[3] He lost the 1911 re-election to the Assembly to Democratic candidate Arthur J. Ruland.[4] He later moved to Binghamton. He practiced medicine there until his retirement in 1936. He resumed his medical practice during World War II.[5]

Butler was a member of the Freemasons, the Royal Arch Masonry, the Improved Order of Red Men, and Phi Sigma Kappa.[1] In 1899, he married Jessie Bushnell.[2] By the time he died, he was married to E. Irene. His children were Andrew Payson, Charles Butler, and Thomas Wright.[5]

Butler died in the City Hospital from bladder cancer on May 26, 1946.[6] He was buried in Spring Forest Cemetery.[5]

References

Lawyer, William S., ed. (1900). Binghamton, Its Settlement, Growth and Development. Century Memorial Publishing Co. p. 953 – via Google Books.
"History of the Class of 1895". Albany Medical Annals. Albany, N.Y. XXVI (6): 418–419. June 1905 – via Google Books.
Murlin, Edgar L. (1911). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 114–115 – via Google Books.
Murlin, Edgar L. (1912). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 704 – via Google Books.
"Dr. Butler's Rites Planned" (PDF). Binghamton Press. Vol. 68, no. 40 (City ed.). Binghamton, N.Y. 27 May 1946. p. 3 – via Fultonhistory.com.
"Deaths: Charles Sylvester Butler". The Journal of the American Medical Association. Chicago, I.L. 132 (2): 97. 14 September 1946. doi:10.1001/jama.1946.02870370043018 – via Internet Archive.

External links

The Political Graveyard

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[:0-1] Lawyer, William S., ed. (1900). Binghamton, Its Settlement, Growth and Development. Century Memorial Publishing Co. p. 953 – via Google Books.

[:2-2] "History of the Class of 1895". Albany Medical Annals. Albany, N.Y. XXVI (6): 418–419. June 1905 – via Google Books.

[3] Murlin, Edgar L. (1911). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 114–115 – via Google Books.

[4] Murlin, Edgar L. (1912). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 704 – via Google Books.

[:1-5] "Dr. Butler's Rites Planned" (PDF). Binghamton Press. Vol. 68, no. 40 (City ed.). Binghamton, N.Y. 27 May 1946. p. 3 – via Fultonhistory.com.

[6] "Deaths: Charles Sylvester Butler". The Journal of the American Medical Association. Chicago, I.L. 132 (2): 97. 14 September 1946. doi:10.1001/jama.1946.02870370043018 – via Internet Archive.