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Zachariah Chandler

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Born:
Dec. 10, 1813, Bedford, N.H., U.S.
Died:
Nov. 1, 1879, Chicago, Ill. (aged 65)
Title / Office:
United States Senate (1857-1875), United States

Zachariah Chandler (born Dec. 10, 1813, Bedford, N.H., U.S.—died Nov. 1, 1879, Chicago, Ill.) was an American politician, one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. After a public school education in Bedford, N.H., Chandler in 1833 moved to Detroit, Mich. There, starting first with a general store and later going into banking and land speculation, he became quite wealthy. Chandler, who was a Whig, campaigned for presidential candidate Zachary Taylor in 1848 and served as mayor of Detroit from 1851 to 1852. He was defeated when he ran as the Whig candidate ...(100 of 275 words)

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