{{Short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Algernon Lee Butler | honorific_suffix = | image = Algernon_Lee_Butler.png | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | term_start = August 2, 1975 | term_end = September 5, 1978 | office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | term_start1 = 1961 | term_end1 = 1975 | predecessor1 = ''Office established'' | successor1 = John Davis Larkins Jr. | office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | term_start2 = August 31, 1959 | term_end2 = August 2, 1975 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = Dwight D. Eisenhower | predecessor2 = Donnell Gilliam | successor2 = ''Seat abolished'' | pronunciation = | birth_name = Algernon Lee Butler | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|08|02}} | birth_place = Clinton, North Carolina | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|09|05|1905|08|02}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = University of North Carolina School of Law<br>read law | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''Algernon Lee Butler''' (August 2, 1905 – September 5, 1978) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

==Education and career==

Born in Clinton, North Carolina, Butler attended the University of North Carolina School of Law, and read law in 1928 to enter the bar. He entered private practice in Clinton in 1928, and was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1931, and a county attorney of Sampson County, North Carolina from 1938 to 1951.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|333|nid=1378631|name=Algernon Lee Butler<!--(1905–1978)-->}}</ref>

==Federal judicial service==

On July 28, 1959, Butler was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina vacated by Judge Donnell Gilliam. Butler was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 28, 1959, and received his commission on August 31, 1959. He served as Chief Judge from 1961 to 1975, assuming senior status on August 2, 1975, and serving in that capacity until his death on September 5, 1978.<ref name="auto"/>

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