Butler, William Orlando (1791-1880), was the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1848. He and presidential candidate Lewis Cass were defeated by Whig candidates Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Butler, who won military honors for service in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
