Ezra Butler

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Ezra Butler
11^th Governor of Vermont
In office 1826 – 1828
Lieutenant(s)	Aaron Leland, Henry Olin
Preceded by	Cornelius P. Van Ness
Succeeded by	Samuel C. Crafts

Born	September 24, 1763 Lancaster, Massachusetts
Died	July 12, 1838 Waterbury, Vermont
Political party	National Republican
Profession	Lawyer / Judge / Politician

Ezra Butler (born September 24, 1763) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He was a National Republican.

Butler was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. In 1770 he moved with his parents to West Windsor, Vermont and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Claremont, New Hampshire. In 1785 as a veteran of the American Revolutionary War he studied law in and commenced practice in Waterbury, Vermont after he passed the bar. His political career got underway in 1794 when he was elected member of the State house of representatives, an office he held variously through 1808. He was the first judge of the Chittenden County Court 1803-1806 chief justice 1806-1811 and chief justice of Jefferson County 1812-1825 (excepting periods of congressional service). Butler was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1822. He was Govenor of Vermont from 1826 until 1828. He died in Waterbury on July 12, 1838 and is buried in Waterbury Cemetery.