Wendell Butler Jr. (born 1943/1944)[1] is a former American politician who served as a Republican mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania, from 2002 to 2012.
[2] He served in the U.S. Army for three years before returning to Chester, where he worked for American Viscose Corporation in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
[2][3] On October 9, 2002, the city council appointed him as mayor to complete the term of fellow Republican Dominic F. Pileggi, who was named to replace State Senator Clarence D. Bell, who had died in office.
In 2010, he implemented a state of emergency and nighttime curfew after a spate of murders, including the killing of 2-year-old Terrance Webster.
[7] In 2012, he was named by the Delaware County Council to serve a five-year term on the board of the Chester Water Authority.