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Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, and one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist.
Learn about Zachariah Chandler, a Detroit mayor, a U.S. Senator, and the Secretary of the Interior under President Ulysses S. Grant. He was a Radical Republican who supported abolition, civil rights, and the Union Army during the Civil War.
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.
Zachariah Chandler was a Republican politician from Michigan who served as secretary of the interior from 1875 to 1877. He tried to reform the department and was later elected to the Senate, where he died in 1879.
Zachariah T. Chandler (December 10, 1813 - November 1, 1879) was Mayor of Detroit (1851-52), a four-term U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan (1857-75, 1879), and Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1875-77).
Senator from Michigan (Republican, 1857-1875), Zachariah Chandler was a Radical Republican and a member of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. He was a frequent visitor to the White House with Senators Benjamin Wade and Lyman Trumbull whom John Hay called the “Jacobin Club.”
19 de may. de 2024 · ZACHARIAH CHANDLER: An Outline Sketch of His Life and Public Services. With an Introductory Letter from James G. Blaine, of Maine. Bookreader Item Preview
