1790 - 1855
Justin Butterfield American Attorney
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1789
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| Birthplace |
Keene, New Hampshire
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| Died |
23rd October, 1855
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| Place of Death |
Chicago, Illinois
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| Buried |
Graceland Cemetery
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
lawyer
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| Occupation |
Attorney
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Justin Butterfield (1790 – October 23, 1855) served in 1849–1852 as commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States. Appointed to this position in 1849 by the incoming Zachary Taylor administration, he is best known for having faced down, and defeated, another Whig candidate for the same job, Abraham Lincoln. In the General Land Office, he was one of the leading adopters of the railroad land grant system for financing the construction of long-distance railroad infrastructure throughout the United States. He was also one of the foremost Gentile defenders of the rights of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Illinois during the final period of Joseph Smith's leadership at Nauvoo.
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