Willard H. Chandler
Willard H. Chandler | |
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.jpg) From 1901's Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters | |
| President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate | |
| In office January 2, 1865 – January 7, 1867 | |
| Preceded by | Smith S. Wilkinson |
| Succeeded by | George F. Wheeler |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 11th district | |
| In office January 5, 1863 – January 7, 1867 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel C. Bean |
| Succeeded by | Clement Warner |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1870 – January 2, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | Knudt Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Knudt O. Heimdal |
| In office January 7, 1861 – January 5, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | Eleazor Grover Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William H. Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1830 Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | March 24, 1901 (aged 70) Burke, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Resting place | Windsor Congregational Cemetery, Windsor, Wisconsin |
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Willard Harris Chandler (November 18, 1830 – March 24, 1901) was an American educator, farmer, and Republican politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, and was President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate for the 1865 and 1866 sessions.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]Chandler was born on November 18, 1830, in Brattleboro, Vermont.[1][4][5] He married Lucinda Wellman (1830–1893) in 1854 and they moved to Wisconsin that same year.[1] They initially lived in Darien, Wisconsin, and then soon moved to Windsor, Wisconsin, before relocating to a farm in Burke, Wisconsin, near Sun Prairie in 1869.[1] After the death of his first wife, he married Harriet Adelaide Salisbury (1845–1898) in 1895.[4] Chandler died at his farm on March 24, 1901.[1][6]
Career
[edit]Chandler held a variety of local offices, including town and county school superintendent, and county supervisor.[1] He was a member of the Assembly from 1861 to 1862 and again in 1870. He was elected to the Senate in 1863, where he eventually became president pro tem.[4] He was the Republican nominee for state superintendent of education in 1892, coming in second with 169,739 votes to 176,666 for the incumbent, Democrat Oliver Elwin Wells; 13,258 for Prohibitionist L. Wesley Underwood; and 9,784 for Populist Charles Hatch.[7][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "W. H. Chandler Passes Away". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, WI. March 25, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "W. H. Chandler Ill". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, WI. March 23, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved December 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chandler, Willard H." Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
- ^ a b c "W. H. Chandler Dies". The Daily Tribune. Wisconsin Rapids, WI. March 30, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letter". 1902. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
- ^ Assembly, Wisconsin. Legislature. (1901). Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin: Annual Session. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ^ Cunningham, Thomas J., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1893 Madison: Thomas J. Cunningham, Secretary of State; p. 306
External links
[edit]- Politicians from Brattleboro, Vermont
- People from Delavan, Wisconsin
- People from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
- Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 1830 births
- 1901 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- School superintendents in Wisconsin
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- Educators from Wisconsin
- Farmers from Wisconsin
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians