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His middle name Randum<ref>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#884.57.28 Butler, O to R]. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved November 6, 2021.</ref> is sometimes misspelled as "Random."<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8036959/roderick-random-butler Roderick Random Butler]. ''Find a Grave''. Retrieved November 6, 2021.</ref>
His middle name Randum<ref>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#884.57.28 Butler, O to R]. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved November 6, 2021.</ref> is sometimes misspelled as "Random."<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8036959/roderick-random-butler Roderick Random Butler]. ''Find a Grave''. Retrieved November 6, 2021.</ref>
==Background==
Butler was born in Wytheville, Virginia, located in the mountainous [[Appalachia]] counties in the state's western portion. He was the youngest son born to George Butler, and a grandson of [[Lutheran]] reverend J. G. Butler. After leaning the tailor's trade as an apprentice, he attended night school, and was admitted to the bar in 1953 after studying law.
As a lawyer, Butler practiced law in Taylorsville. During the presidency of [[Millard Fillmore]], he was appointed postmaster general.
==State legislature, secession, Civil War==
==State legislature, secession, Civil War==