| Thomas Benton Wheeler | |
| Office: | 16th Lieutenant Governor of Texas |
| Term Start: | January 19, 1887 |
| Term End: | January 21, 1891 |
| Predecessor: | Barnett Gibbs |
| Successor: | George C. Pendleton |
| Governor: | Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
| Office1: | 23rd Mayor of Austin |
| Term Start1: | 1872 |
| Term End1: | 1877 |
| Predecessor1: | John W. Glenn |
| Successor1: | Jacob Carl DeGress |
| Office2: | Judge of the 12th Judicial District |
| Term Start2: | 1880 |
| Term End2: | 1886 |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1840 |
| Birth Place: | Marshall County, Alabama, U.S. |
| Death Place: | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Children: | 2 |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Commands: | Company E, Ragsdale's Battalion Texas Cavalry |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
Thomas Benton Wheeler (June 7, 1840 – February 21, 1913) was an American judge and politician who served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Texas as a member of the Democratic party from 1887 to 1891.
Thomas Benton Wheeler was born in Marshall County, Alabama on June 7, 1840. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Wheeler enlisted as a private in Company A of Peter C. Woods's regiment of the confederate army. He was soon soon promoted to captain and commanded Company E of Ragsdale's Battalion Texas Cavalry. Following the end of the war, Wheeler moved to Austin, Texas, where he began to practice law. In 1867 he became county attorney of Travis County, a position where he was ultimately removed from by Union officials as an impediment to Reconstruction.
Thomas Benton Wheeler was first elected as Mayor of Austin in 1872, a position which he held until 1877. After his tenure as Mayor, Wheller moved to Breckenridge in Stephens County where he was elected judge of the 12th Judicial District in 1880. He was re-elected to the position in 1884, but resigned in 1886 following his election as Lieutenant Governor of Texas with his term lasting from January 19, 1887 to January 21, 1891. Wheeler died in a hotel in San Antonio on February 21, 1913, he lies buried at Prairie View Cemetery in Aransas Pass, Texas.[1]