Thomas Chandler (New Hampshire politician)
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Thomas Chandler August 10, 1772-January 2, 1866), was a politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the brother of John Chandler and uncle of Zachariah Chandler.
Chandler was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, where he attended the public schools. He was justice of the peace in 1808 and captain of militia in 1815. In 1816, he was elected as a member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 3rd district, serving 1817-1819. He was again elected to the state senate in 1824, serving from 1825-1828. In 1828, he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Also in 1828, he was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, serving from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1833.
Chandler worked as an innkeeper and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in Bedford and is interred there in Bedford Cemetery.
