Joseph Ripley Chandler (August 22, 1792 – July 10, 1880) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

He was engaged in commercial work in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1815.

He founded a young ladies' seminary and worked as editor of the United States Gazette from 1822 to 1847.

[1] Chandler was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses.

He was appointed by President James Buchanan as Minister to the Two Sicilies and served from June 15, 1858, to November 15, 1860.