Clement Moore Butler

Clement Moore Butler (1810–1890) was an Episcopal priest, author, and seminary professor who served as Chaplain of the Senate from 1850 to 1853.

[1] He was graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1833, and the General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1836.

Onderdonk is alleged to have made improper advances toward Mrs. Butler in a carriage the evening before the ordination.

[6] On July 1, 1852, he delivered the funeral address for Henry Clay, Senator, Congressman, and Secretary of State.

[9] Butler returned to the United States in 1864, and became professor of ecclesiastical history at the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.