Oliver P. Chandler
Oliver P. Chandler (May 29, 1807 – September 19, 1895) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont Senate.
Biography[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Henry Swan Dana, History of Woodstock, Vermont, 1889, pages 483 to 485
- ^ Thomas William Herringshaw, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography, 1901, page 205
- ^ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp. 27–28 – via Google Books.
- ^ United States Congress, Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1869, page 51
- ^ Lewis Cass Aldrich, Frank R. Holmes, History of Windsor County, Vermont, 1891, page 100
- ^ George Thomas Chapman, Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College], 1867, pages 240 to 241
- ^ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1848, page 3
- ^ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1849, page 41
- ^ William Arba Ellis, Norwich University, 1819-1911, Volume 2, 1911, pages 1 to 2
- ^ Dana, History of Woodstock, page 581
- ^ George Chandler, The Chandler Family, 1883, pages 515 to 516
- ^ Frank C. Smith, editor, The American Lawyer, Volume 3, 1895, page 463
- ^ Oliver P. Chandler page, Find A Grave, accessed June 13, 2012
- 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