Peleg Chandler | |
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Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council | |
In office 1850 | |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1844–1845 | |
In office 1862–1863 | |
President of the Boston Common Council | |
In office 1841–1845 | |
Preceded by | Edward Blake |
Succeeded by | George Stillman Hillard |
Personal details | |
Born | Peleg Whitman Chandler April 12, 1816 New Gloucester, Maine |
Died | (aged 1816) Boston, Massachusetts |
Spouse |
Martha Ann Bush (m. 1837) |
Education | |
Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
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Peleg Whitman Chandler (April 12, 1816 – May 28, 1889) was an American lawyer, legal news reporter and editor, Boston's city attorney (solicitor), and a two-term state legislator in the Massachusetts General Court.
As City Solicitor, Chandler defended Boston's exclusion of African American students from its public schools in the legal case of Roberts v. City of Boston.