Thomas Slaughter Candler (December 15, 1890 – September 15, 1971)[1][2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1945 to 1966.
He was shortly thereafter elected mayor of Blairsville, serving in that office from 1916 to 1920.
From 1927 to 1938, he served as United States commissioner for northeast Georgia.
[1][2] He was judge of the Superior Court of the Northeast Circuit from 1939 to 1945,[3] when Governor Ellis Arnall appointed Candler to a newly established seat on the state supreme court.
[4] Candler ran for election to the full term, and remained on the court until his retirement in 1966.