Thomas Chandler (August 10, 1772 – January 28, 1866), was an American politician, farmer, and innkeeper who served as

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for

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Early life

Chandler was born on August 10, 1772, in

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in the

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where he attended the public schools, then became a farmer and an innkeeper.

Career

Justice of the peace in 1808 and captain of militia in 1815, Chandler was elected in 1816 as a member of the

New Hampshire Senate The New Hampshire Senate has been meeting since 1784. It is the upper house of the New Hampshire General Court, alongside the lower New Hampshire House of Representatives. It consists of 24 members representing Senate districts based on population ...

from the 3rd district, serving from 1817 to 1819. He was again elected to the state senate in 1824, serving from 1825 to 1828. In 1828, he served in the

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. Elected as a

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to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, Chandler served from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1833, as

for the state of

Death

Chandler died in Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, on January 28, 1866 (age 93 years, 171 days). He is

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at Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, New Hampshire.

Family life

Son of Zachariah and Sarah, Chandler was the uncle of

Zachariah Chandler Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sen ...

. He married Susanna McAfee and they had three daughters, Asenath, Sally, Hannah, and a son, Adam.

References

External links

The Political Graveyard
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Thomas Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives New Hampshire state senators People from Bedford, New Hampshire 1772 births 1866 deaths Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire 19th-century American politicians