Thomas Butler (U. S. Representative)

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Thomas Butler (April 14, 1785 – August 7, 1847) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one and a half terms as a Republican.

Butler was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was elected in a special election to finish the term of Thomas B. Robertson and was reelected to the Sixteenth Congress. He was later a member of the Whig party and of the American Party. He died in St. Louis.

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• Thomas Butler (U. S. Representative) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Thomas B. Robertson

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana 16 November 1818 - 3 March 1821

Succeeded by Josiah S. Johnston