Thomas Chandler August 10, 1772-January 2, 1866), was a politician from the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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 and the brother of John Chandler

John Chandler

John Chandler was an American politician and soldier of Maine. The political career of Chandler, a Democratic-Republican, was interspersed with his involvement in the state militia during both the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812.Chandler was born in Epping, New Hampshire, the brother of...

 and uncle of Zachariah Chandler

Zachariah Chandler

Zachariah Chandler was Mayor of Detroit , a four-term U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan , and Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant .-Family:...

.

Chandler was born in Bedford, New Hampshire

Bedford, New Hampshire

-Demographics:As of the Census of 2000, there were 18,274 people, 6,251 households, and 5,125 families residing in the town. The population density was 556.6 people per square mile . There were 6,401 housing units at an average density of 195.0 per square mile...

, 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

New Hampshire Senate

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

New Hampshire House of Representatives

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. Also in 1828, he was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to the Twenty-first

21st United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 and Twenty-second

22nd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...

 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.