Hon. Henry Sherman Boutell

Henry Sherman Boutell, U.S. Ambassador & Congressman

Find A Grave Memorial ID # 7505418

U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1874, and then from Harvard Law School in 1876. He was admitted to the bar in 1879, and practice law in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

He was a member of the Illinois State House of Representatives, (1884-85). In 1897, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward D. Cooke, reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress and to the next five succeeding Congresses, serving until 1911. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal and to Switzerland, in 1911, serving until he resigned in 1913. He was a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., (1914-23).

He died while on a trip to Italy, at age 69.

Henry Sherman Boutell

• Born: 14 March 1856
• Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Died: 11-March-1926
• Location of death: San Remo, Italy
• Cause of death: Pneumonia
• Remains: Buried, Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Massachusetts
• Gender: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White
• Occupation: Politician, Diplomat
• Party Affiliation: Republican
• Nationality: United States
• Executive Summary: Ambassador & U.S. Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1911
• Father: Lewis Henry Boutell
• Mother: Anna Greene
• Wife: Euphemia Lucia Clara Gates (m. 29 December 1880)
• University: AB, Northwestern University (1874)
• University: AB, Harvard University (1876)
• Professor: Constitutional Law, Georgetown University (1914-23)
• Administrator: Trustee, Northwestern University (1899-1911)
• US Ambassador to Switzerland (1911-13)
• US Congressman, Illinois 9th (4-Mar-1903 to 3-Mar-1911)
• US Congressman, Illinois 6th (23-Nov-1897 to 4-Mar-1903)
• Illinois State House of Representatives (1884-85)
• Illinois State Bar Association 1879
• Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Society of Colonial Wars
• Sons of the American Revolution
• Residence: 1860 - Westboro, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1880 - Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States

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