Politics
- John Butler (MP for Kent) (c. 1370–c. 1420) MP for Kent
- John Butler (died 1423), MP for London
- John Butler (died 1572/3), MP for Warwick
- John Butler (died 1576), MP for Hertfordshire
- John Butler (died 1613), MP for Maldon
- John Butler (died 1766) (1707–1766), British politician; MP for East Grinstead and Sussex
- John Butler (Nova Scotia politician) (died 1791), businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia
- John Butler (pioneer) (1728–1796), U.S. Tory activist
- John Washington Butler (1875–1952), U.S. representative for Tennessee
- John Cornelius Butler (1887–1953), American Senator from New York
- John Butler (Irish politician) (1891–1968), Irish Labour party politician from Waterford; member of the 4th Dáil
- John Marshall Butler (1897–1978), U.S. politician in Maryland
- John D. Butler (1915–2010), U.S. Republican politician and Mayor of San Diego
- John Edward Butler (1916–1999), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1979
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