Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879

LC control no.	nr 90009135
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Chandler, Z. (Zachariah), 1813-1879 Chandler, Zach. (Zachariah), 1813-1879
Birth date	1813-12-10
Death date	1879-11-01
Place of birth	Bedford (N.H.)
Place of death	Chicago (Ill.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Mayors
Found in	His Acquisition of Cuba, 1859: t.p. (Zachariah Chandler of Michigan) LC in RLIN, 5/25/90 (hdg.: Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879; usage: Zachariah Chandler; Z. Chandler; Zach. Chandler) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 1, 2024: (Chandler, Zachariah, (Nephew of John Chandler and Thomas Chandler, grandfather of Frederick Hale and great-great-granduncle of Rod Dennis Chandler), a Senator from Michigan; born in Bedford, N.H., December 10, 1813; attended the common schools; taught school; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1833 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; mayor of Detroit in 1851; unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor in 1852; was prominent in the organization of the Republican Party in 1854; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1857; reelected in 1863 and again in 1869 and served from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1875; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Thirty-seventh through Forty-third Congresses); appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Ulysses Grant 1875-1877; chairman of the Republican National Executive Committee 1868-1876; again elected in 1879 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Isaac P. Christiancy and served from February 22, 1879, until his death on November 1, 1879, in Chicago, Ill; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.)
Associated language	eng