Zachariah Chandler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zachariah Chandler

American politician

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1813

Place of Birth: Bedford, New Hampshire, United States

Date of Death: 01-Nov-1879

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Zachariah T.
Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist.
He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term senator from the state of Michigan, and Secretary of the Interior under President Ulysses S.
Grant. As a successful young businessman in Detroit, Chandler supported the Underground Railroad.
During the Civil War, he advocated for the Union war effort, the abolition of slavery, and civil rights for freed African Americans.
As Secretary of the Interior, Chandler eradicated serious corruption in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, fully endorsing President Grant's Peace Policy initiative to civilize American Indian tribes.
In 1879, he was re-elected U.S.
Senator and was a potential Presidential candidate, but he died the following morning after giving a speech in Chicago.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat



Alternative names	Levin C. Handy
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	10 August 1855	26 March 1932 / 23 March 1932
Location of birth/death	Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q12033170 VIAF: 58349202 ISNI: 0000 0000 3167 288X LCCN: n96077991 Open Library: OL6939460A WorldCat