Oliver P. Chandler (May 29, 1807 – September 19, 1895) was a
Vermont
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attorney
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and politician who served as
President
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of the
Vermont Senate
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.
Biography
Oliver Phelps Chandler was born in
Peacham, Vermont
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History
In 1763, Governor Benning Wentworth of Province of New Hampshire, New Hampsh ...
on May 29, 1807. He graduated from
Dartmouth College
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in 1828,
studied law, was
admitted to the bar
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, and began a practice in
Woodstock
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. Among the prospective attorneys who studied under his tutelage was
Frederick H. Billings
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.
Chandler was also involved in several business ventures, including serving as President of the Woodstock National Bank.
Initially a
Whig, and later a
Republican
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, from 1836 to 1838 Chandler was
Windsor County State's Attorney
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.
Chandler served in the
Vermont House of Representatives
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from 1839 to 1841.
From 1848 to 1852 Chandler served in the
Vermont Senate
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, and was the Senate's President Pro Tem from 1849 to 1851.
Chandler served as a
trustee
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of
Norwich University
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from 1849 to 1853.
He served in the Vermont House again from 1862 to 1863.
Chandler was the Chairman of the Vermont Republican Convention in 1865.
Oliver P. Chandler died in Woodstock on September 19, 1895.
Frank C. Smith, editor
The American Lawyer, Volume 3, 1895, page 463
References
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1807 births
1895 deaths
Dartmouth College alumni
People from Caledonia County, Vermont
People from Woodstock, Vermont
Vermont lawyers
State's attorneys in Vermont
Vermont Whigs
19th-century American legislators
Vermont Republicans
Members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont state senators
Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
19th-century American lawyers