Edward Hubert Butler Sr.


Edward Hubert Butler I was the founder of The Buffalo Evening News in 1880.

Biography

He was born in about 1850 in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York and attended local schools.
His news career began with the local paper Le Roy Gazette">Le Roy (village), New York">Le Roy Gazette, then moved on to The Scranton Times as city editor and the same position at The Scranton Free Press.
Butler moved to Buffalo in 1873 to start the news and later The Bradford Sunday News in 1879.
He was the father of Edward Hubert Butler Jr., who was publisher and editor of the Evening News as well as owner of two local radio stations.
Butlter Sr. married Mary Elizabeth Barber in 1871, who died in 1893.
Butler died in Buffalo, New York on March 9, 1914. His publishing business was left to his son.

Politics

Butler was a Republican and involved in state politics. He was a presidential elector in the 1896 [United States presidential election in New York|1896] and 1900 [United States presidential election in New York|1900 presidential elections]. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention">Republican Party (United States)">Republican National Convention.

Legacy