Oliver P. Chandler (May 29, 1807 – September 19, 1895) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont Senate.

Biography

Oliver Phelps Chandler was born in Peacham, Vermont on May 29, 1807. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1828, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began a practice in Woodstock.[1][2] Among the prospective attorneys who studied under his tutelage was Frederick H. Billings.[3]

Chandler was also involved in several business ventures, including serving as President of the Woodstock National Bank.[4]

Initially a Whig, and later a Republican, from 1836 to 1838 Chandler was Windsor County State's Attorney.[5]

Chandler served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1839 to 1841.[6]

From 1848 to 1852 Chandler served in the Vermont Senate, and was the Senate's President Pro Tem from 1849 to 1851.[7][8]

Chandler served as a trustee of Norwich University from 1849 to 1853.[9]

He served in the Vermont House again from 1862 to 1863.[10]

Chandler was the Chairman of the Vermont Republican Convention in 1865.[11]

Oliver P. Chandler died in Woodstock on September 19, 1895.[12] He was buried in Woodstock's River Street Cemetery.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Henry Swan Dana, History of Woodstock, Vermont, 1889, pages 483 to 485
  2. ↑ Thomas William Herringshaw, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography, 1901, page 205
  3. ↑ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp. 27–28 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ United States Congress, Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1869, page 51
  5. ↑ Lewis Cass Aldrich, Frank R. Holmes, History of Windsor County, Vermont, 1891, page 100
  6. ↑ George Thomas Chapman, Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College], 1867, pages 240 to 241
  7. ↑ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1848, page 3
  8. ↑ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1849, page 41
  9. ↑ William Arba Ellis, Norwich University, 1819-1911, Volume 2, 1911, pages 1 to 2
  10. ↑ Dana, History of Woodstock, page 581
  11. ↑ George Chandler, The Chandler Family, 1883, pages 515 to 516
  12. ↑ Frank C. Smith, editor, The American Lawyer, Volume 3, 1895, page 463
  13. ↑ Oliver P. Chandler page, Find A Grave, accessed June 13, 2012
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