Thomas William Caldecott (October 21, 1914 – May 6, 1994) was an American judge and Republican Party politician in California.

[1][2] After law school, he worked for Attorney General Earl Warren and then served in the United States Army during World War II.

He resigned from the State Assembly in 1957 when Governor Goodwin Knight appointed him a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court.

In 1975, Chief Justice Donald Wright appointed Caldecott to the Judicial Council of California where he served until 1979 as a representative of the courts.

[1][2] Caldecott died of cancer on May 6, 1994, at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California.