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Edward Hubert Butler I (c. 1850 - March 9, 1914) was the founder of ''

The Buffalo Evening News ''The Buffalo News'' is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, located in downtown Buffalo, New York. It was for decades the only paper fully owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. On January 29, 2020, the ...

'' in 1880.

Biography

He was born in about 1850 in Le Roy,

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and attended local schools. His news career began with the local paper '' The Le Roy Gazette'' (in

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), then moved on to ''

The Scranton Times ''The Scranton Times-Tribune'' is a morning newspaper serving the Scranton, Pennsylvania, area. Until August 2023, it was the flagship title of Times-Shamrock Communications and run by three generations of the Lynett-Haggerty family. It is now ow ...

'' 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. Edward Hubert Butler II (June 19, 1883 – February 19, 1956) was an American publisher and editor of '' The Buffalo Evening News'' (1914–1956) and president of radio station WBEN (1930–1956) and WBEN-TV (1948–1956). Biography He was born o ...

, 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

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on March 9, 1914. His publishing business was left to his son.

Politics

Butler was a Republican and involved in state politics (with the Board of Electors of the State of New York). He was a

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in the

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and 1900 presidential elections. He was a delegate to the

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Legacy

E. H. Butler Library
at

Buffalo State College The State University of New York Buffalo State University (colloquially referred to as Buffalo State University, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo State, or simply Buff State) is a public college, public university in Buffalo, New York. It is part of ...

was dedicated in 1950.

References

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