Daniel Evan Button (1917-2009) was a Republican politician elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. After graduating from the University of Delaware and the Columbia University School of Journalism, Button served an advisor to the President of the University of Delaware, as a reporter for the Associated Press, and as an editor for the Wilmington Star newspaper before he was appointed public relations officer and assistant to the President at the State University of New York in 1952. Beginning in 1959, Button worked at the Albany-based newspaper Times Union before resigning from his position as executive editor in 1966 in order to focus on his congressional bid for election that same year. After his landslide win for the 1966 election, Button once again ran and was re-elected to his seat on the House of Representatives as a representative of New York. He ran for a third term in 1970, but was ultimately defeated.

After his 1970 defeat, Button became president of the National Arthritis Foundation the following year in 1971. From 1976 to 1980, Button served as editor of Science Digest magazine. As an author, Button authored books regarding New York politician John V. Lindsay and former Albany mayor Tom Whalen in 1965 and 2003 respectively. In 1993, Button considered running for mayor of the city of Albany before ultimately abandoning his bid. He died of pneumonia on March 7, 2009.