Henry Sherman Boutell
| Henry Sherman Boutell | |
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Henry Sherman Boutell ca. 1910
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 9th district |
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In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | Robert R. Hitt |
| Succeeded by | Lynden Evans |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 6th district |
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In office November 23, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
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| Preceded by | Edward D. Cooke |
| Succeeded by | William Lorimer |
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May 14, 1856 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 11, 1926 (aged 69) Sanremo, Italy |
| Political party | Republican |
Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat.
Boutell was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Boutell. A colonial ancestry entitled him to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and in the Society of Colonial Wars. He was also an hereditary member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
His college education was secured at Northwestern (A.B. 1874, M.A. 1879) and Harvard (A.B. 1876, A.M. 1877). After studying law in an office, in 1879 he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Chicago. Although both able and prominent as an attorney (representing, for example, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in securing a right of way into Chicago, and in the erection of its terminal therein), his tastes from the beginning ran to public life, and he was soon both active and useful as a worker in the Republican Party.
In 1884 he was a member of the lower house of the state legislature, and from 1897 to 1911 a representative of Chicago districts in Congress. There he was a member of the committees on Rules, and on Ways and Means, and was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy. He was an effective speaker and of considerable influence, but his tariff views were unacceptable to business interests in Chicago, which forced his retirement. President William Howard Taft then appointed him to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal, on March 2, 1911. He never assumed its duties, and on April 24, 1911, he was given a similar appointment to Switzerland. In this post he served from May 17, 1911, to July 31, 1913.
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