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Chandler, Peleg Whitman

lawyer, journalist, legislator, author, was born April 13, 1816, in New Gloucester, Maine. In 1834 he graduated from Bowdoin college; and in 1837 was admitted to the bar in Boston, Mass. In 1838 he established The Law Reporter, which he conducted for ten years. In 1841 he published the first volume of a work called American Criminal Trials, and a second volume appeared in 1844. He served as a member of the common council of Boston, and in 1844-45 was its president. In 1845-47 he served with distinction as a member of the Massachusetts state legislature. During 1846-53 he was city solicitor of Boston; and in 1854 was a member of the executive council of Massachusetts. He died in 1889, in Boston, Mass.