CHANDLER, ZACHARIAH
\t͡ʃˈandlə], \tʃˈandlə], \tʃ_ˈa_n_d_l_ə]\
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(1813-1879) of Michigan, Senator, removed from New Hampshire to Detroit in 1833 and engaged in the dry-goods business, in which he was successful. He became a prominent Whig and a director of the "underground railroad." Was elected to the U. S. Senate to succeed General Cass in 1857, and remained in that post till 1874, when he was appointed Secretary of the Interior by Grant. He was again elected to the Senate in 1879.
By John Franklin Jameson
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