Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4 1804 – October 30 1887) born Philadelphia Pennsylvania was an American architect the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was the fourth Architect of the Capitol responsible for adding the north (Senate) and south (House) wings and the central dome that brought the U.S. Capitol building to essentially its modern appearance.
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