Lawyer
Centurion, 1887–1935
Born 28 March 1857 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 10 January 1935 in Zurich, Switzerland
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Charles Butler, Thomas B. Coddington, and Francis F. Marbury
Elected 5 February 1887 at age twenty-nine
Archivist’s Note: Son of Benjamin F. Butler; brother of Willard Parker Butler; nephew of William Allen Butler and Willard Parker Jr.; grandson of Willard Parker; great-nephew of Charles Butler; cousin of Edmund Dwight
Century Memorial
Willard Parker Butler’s social and legal qualities came to him by right of inheritance. His paternal grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Butler, was Attorney-General in the cabinets of Jackson and Van Buren; his maternal grandfather [Willard Parker] was an old and eminent fellow-Centurion. Willard Parker Butler, in addition to his legal acumen, was an assiduous collector in such varied fields as pottery, books, etchings and postage stamps. He was a generous host, an inspiring conversationalist, with ready reminiscence of travel, notable acquaintance and curious law experience, which invariably left the flavor of his talk to linger in the minds of his fortunate associates.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1935 Century Association Yearbook