Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr. is a retired U.S. Administrative Law Judge, before which position he served as Presiding Municipal Judge for South Padre Island, Texas. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law, and was a board certified civil trial lawyer before assuming full time duties on the bench. He is the author of six books, three of which are on family history.
Judge Butler is a frequent seminar and after dinner speaker on historical and genealogical topics, and is a regular contributor to national and state historical and genealogical society journals and magazines.
Since his retirement in 1997, he has devoted a considerable amount of his time and energy to the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, where he now holds the office of Vice President of Promotions and Media Relations. In March 2001, SAR President-General Larry D. McClanahan, appointed Judge Butler as Ambassador to Mexico and Central America. Judge Butler's interest in Spain's assistance to the colonists in the American Revolutionary War stems from his participation with the SAR.
Judge Butler is an active member of the National Genealogical Society; the Texas Genealogical Society; and the San Antonio Historical and Genealogical Society; as well as numerous other state and local genealogical societies.
Judge Butler previously served as Genealogist for the Texas Society SAR. He served for three years as a member of the National SAR genealogy committee. He served for two years as genealogical editor of The Texas Compatriot, magazine of the Texas Society of SAR. He also published a monthly column for SAR chapter newsletters, entitled "The Genealogy Corner". He is the current author of the monthly historical column, "Remembering Yesterday", carried in many Texas newspapers.
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