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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.
Political Affiliation: Radical Republican. Republican Party. 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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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.
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 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).
25 de fev. de 2023 · Zachariah Chandler was an American businessman, politician, and founder of the Republican Party. He served as mayor of Detroit, a four-term senator from Michigan, and Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Grant and Hayes. He was a lifelong abolitionist and advocate for civil rights for freed African Americans.
Senator Ben Wade, representative of Ohio's business interests, preferred the safety of the Whig camp until the future of the antislavery movement was assured,22 while Michigan's Zachariah Chandler, already a power in local Whig politics, was offended by the "ruffianly among Free Soil Radicals.
