{{Short description|American judge (1871–1922)}} {{for|his father, the American merchant and politician|Thomas I. Chatfield}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Thomas Chatfield | honorific_suffix = | image = Thomas_Ives_Chatfield.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | term_start = January 9, 1907 | term_end = December 24, 1922 | nominator = | appointer = Theodore Roosevelt | predecessor = Edward B. Thomas | successor = Robert Alexander Inch | pronunciation = | birth_name = Thomas Ives Chatfield | birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|10|04}} | birth_place = Owego, New York | death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|12|24|1871|10|04}} | death_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = Thomas I. Chatfield | relatives = | education = Yale University (A.B.)<br>Columbia Law School (LL.B.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }}

'''Thomas Ives Chatfield''' (October 4, 1871 – December 24, 1922) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

==Education and career==

Born on October 4, 1871, in Owego, New York, Chatfield received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1893 from Yale University. He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1896 from Columbia Law School. He entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1896 to 1906. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1902 to 1906.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|417|nid=1379041|name=Thomas Chatfield<!--(1871–1922)-->}}</ref>

==Federal judicial service==

Chatfield was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 13, 1906, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Judge Edward B. Thomas. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1907, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on December 24, 1922, due to his death at his home in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name="auto"/> He had been stricken with a heart attack while trimming the family Christmas tree, the heart attack having been induced by a bout of typhoid fever from which he suffered the previous summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/12/25/102907916.pdf|title=JUDGE CHATFIELD DIES TRIMMING TREE|work=New York Times|date=December 25, 1922}}</ref>

==Family==

Chatfield was the son of State Senator Thomas I. Chatfield (1818–1884) and Lucy B. (Goodrich) Chatfield.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}

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==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Thomas Chatfield}} * {{FJC Bio|417|nid=1379041|name=Thomas Chatfield<!--(1871–1922)-->}} * {{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/12/25/102907916.pdf|title=JUDGE CHATFIELD DIES TRIMMING TREE|work=New York Times|date=December 25, 1922}}

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