Part of the Wisconsin Biographies Project
H. K. Butterfield
H. K. Butterfield, attorney at law, Hartford; is the son of W. H. and Caroline (White) Butterfield; was born in Horicon Aug. 27, 1857; received his education at the high school of Horicon, and at the State University at Madison; went to Memphis, Tenn., and spent two years as a law student in the office of his uncle, Judge James O. Pierce, of the Circuit Court of Shelby Co.; having passed a regular examination before Judges W. R. McDowell and J. E. R. Ray, of the Chancellor and Criminal Courts, he was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1879; he then returned to Wisconsin and practiced law with District Attorney James B. Hays, of Horicon; was with him two years, and then in June, 1881, he came to Hartford and established himself in the practice of his profession at that place. When only 23 years of age, he was a candidate for District Attorney of Dodge Co. on the Republican ticket; he made a good run, and but for his party being in a hopeless minority would have been elected.
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"History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin," published in 1881 by Western Historical Company.