| Edward Butterworth | |
| Birth Name: | Edward Robert Butterworth |
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Lynn, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Burlington, Massachusetts |
| Restingplace: | Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Massachusetts |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Learned[1] |
| Children: | 5 |
| Education: | Dartmouth College (AB) Boston College (JD) |
| State House: | Massachusetts |
| District: | 12th Essex |
| Term Start: | January 1943 |
| Term End: | January 1947 |
| Predecessor: | Richard J. White |
| Successor: | Frank E. Boot |
Edward Robert Butterworth (August 14, 1908 – September 7, 1984) was an American lawyer and politician.
Butterworth was born on August 14, 1908, in Lynn, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated from Lynn Classical High School in 1925, Dartmouth College in 1930, and Boston College Law School in 1934.
Butterworth began his political career as a member of the Nahant, Massachusetts, school committee.[2] From 1943 to 1947 he represented the 12th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[2] In 1950 he was a candidate for Massachusetts Attorney General. He finished third in the Republican primary behind Frederick Ayer Jr. and George Fingold.[3]
Butterworth practiced law for 50 years. He founded the law firm of Butterworth and Palleschi, which was based in Lynn, and also practiced law in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, while he was a summer resident of New Seabury, Massachusetts. Butterworth died on September 7, 1984, in Burlington, Massachusetts.[4]