Charles Henry Butler

Charles Henry Butler (June 18, 1859 - February 9, 1940) was an American lawyer and tenth reporter of decisions of the US Supreme Court from 1902 to 1916. Born in New York, he was the grandson of US Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler. He studied at Princeton University, but did not graduate. Nevertheless, he was admitted to the bar in New York in 1882 and, until his appointment in 1902, was a rapporteur on the decisions taken. In 1902, his book, Entry into Force of the Treaty, was published. In 1898, he was a member of the Fairbanks-Herschel Commission, which tried unsuccessfully to resolve a dispute over the borders of Alaska, and in 1907 was a delegate to the Hague Peace Conference. Butler resigned as a reporter because he found the work boring and he hated anonymity. He resumed law practice in 1916 in Washington, DC. Before his death, he wrote an anecdotal report on the affairs of his grandfather, father, and his own affairs in the Supreme Court, a century before the United States Supreme Court Bar. The states, which were published in 1942 by G.P. Putnam 'Sons. He died in Washington.