Vernon James Ehlers (February 6, 1934 – August 15, 2017) was an American physicist and politician who represented Michigan in the U.S.
House of Representatives from 1993 victory until his retirement in 2011.
A Republican, he also served eight years in the Michigan Senate and two in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Ehlers was the first research physicist to be elected to Congress; he was later joined by Rush Holt, Jr.