Background
Butler, Thomas was born on April 14, 1785 in near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative politician
Butler, Thomas was born on April 14, 1785 in near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States.
Studied law.
He served one and a half terms as a Democratic-Republican. Butler was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was selected in a special election to finish the term of Thomas B. Robertson and was re-elected to the Sixteenth Congress.
He died in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Butler ran for Governor of Louisiana in the 1824 gubernatorial election but placed last with a mere 3% of the vote. In 1828 Butler again ran unsuccessfully for Governor, placing second behind fellow National Republican Pierre Derbigny.
Member United States House Member Whig Party, later member Member Pennsylvania
