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Zachariah Chandler (* 10. Dezember 1813 in Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; † 1. November 1879 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei, langjähriger zweimaliger US-Senator für Michigan sowie Innenminister .
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.
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.
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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 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.
Pierson, Arthur T. Zachariah Chandler; an outline sketch of his life and public services. [Detroit, The Post and tribune company; New York, C. Drew; etc., et, 1880] Pdf.
He urged President Lincoln to prosecute the Civil War more forcefully; he vigorously advocated emancipation of slaves; and he later backed the Reconstruction Acts. Chandler served as a member of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War and a leading supporter of a new national bank.
