| term_end1 = 1850
| term_end1 = 1850
| birth_date = November 28, 1805
| birth_date = November 28, 1805
| birth_place = [[Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Swatara Township]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| birth_place = [[Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Swatara Township]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| death_date = October 10, 1892 (aged 86)
| death_date = October 10, 1892 (aged 86)
| death_place = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], Pennsylvania
| death_place = , , Pennsylvania
| party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (before 1850)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (after 1858)
| party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (before 1850)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (after 1858)
| residence =
| residence =
==Biography==
==Biography==
Rutherford was born in [[Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Swatara Township]] on November 28, 1805 to Samuel and Elizabeth Rutherford in the settlement of [[Paxton, Pennsylvania|Paxton]] which is now part of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]].<ref name=”house”>{{cite web |title=John B. Rutherford |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8686 |website=[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref><ref name=”senate”>{{cite web |title=John Brisban Rutherford |url=https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?id=4362 |website=[[Pennsylvania State Senate]] |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref> In 1833 he was elected the captain of the [[Dauphin Cavalry]].<ref name=”senate”/> He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] in 1848, and won re-election in 1849.<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/> Rutherford would be elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from 1858 to 1860.<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/> After retiring from politics he served as the treasurer of the [[Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society]].<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/> Rutherford died on October 10, 1892, in Paxton which had become part of Harrisburg by that point and is buried in the Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard.<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/>
Rutherford was born in [[Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Swatara Township]] on November 28, 1805 to Samuel and Elizabeth Rutherford in the settlement of [[Paxton, Pennsylvania|Paxton]] which is now part of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]].<ref name=”house”>{{cite web |title=John B. Rutherford |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8686 |website=[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref><ref name=”senate”>{{cite web |title=John Brisban Rutherford |url=https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?id=4362 |website=[[Pennsylvania State Senate]] |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref> In 1833 he was elected the captain of the [[Dauphin Cavalry]].<ref name=”senate”/> He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] in 1848, and won re-election in 1849.<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/> Rutherford would be elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from 1858 to 1860.<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/> After retiring from politics he served as the treasurer of the [[Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society]].<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/> Rutherford died on October 10, 1892, in Paxton and is buried in the Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard.<ref name=”house”/><ref name=”senate”/>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
