Wheelock Graves Veazey (December 5, 1835 – March 22, 1898) was an American attorney, judge, and government official.

During the American Civil War he received the United States military's highest decoration for bravery, the Medal of Honor.

[1] After being educated in the local public schools, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and then Dartmouth College, graduating in 1859.

[1] He led this unit at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and 28 years later, on September 8, 1891, he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during that engagement.

"[4] He finished his service as chief of staff to General William Farrar Smith[2] In 1863, he left the army, and returned to Vermont.

[3] In 1879, the Legislature elected him as a judge of the Vermont Supreme Court, succeeding his law partner Walter C. Dunton, and he was re-elected to that post every two years until he became a member of the I.C.C.

As Congress was not then in session, Veazey received a recess appointment, taking the oath of office on September 10, 1889.