Daniel Butler (June 23, 1808 – February 4, 1893) was an American minister. Butler was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 23, 1808. He was the son of Henry and Chloe (Hinsdale) Butler, who removed in 1811 to Blandford, Massachusetts. At the age of 16 he returned to Hartford and spent four years in a printing office. He then went to Westfield, Mass., where for two years his time was divided between the care of an invalid father and preparation for College. His father dying in the spring of 1830, he was admitted to Yale College in the following autumn, but with health so much broken that he was obliged to withdraw during Freshman year, and to enter the next class. He graduated in 1835.