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 CHANDLER.

CHANDLER.

CHANDLER, John, senator, was born at Eppiug, N. H., Feb. 1, 1762; son of Joseph and Lydia (Eastman) Chandler. In 1776 he offered himself as a recruit in the army and served out two enlistments as a soldier. In 1777 he removed to Monmouth, in a part of Massachusetts which afterwards became Maine. From 1805 to 1809 he represented Massachusetts in the 9th and 10th congresses. In 1808 he was a specialh' appointed sheriff of Kennebec county to settle the disputes and quell the rising rebellion of the district. He was made a major-general in the militia and served during the war of 1812. On July 8, 1812, he was commissioned brigadier-general. He was a member of the general court of Massachusetts in 1819, and in the same year was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of Maine. In 1820 he was president of the Maine senate, resigning in the fall of that year to become one of the first two U. S. senators from Maine after its separation from Massachusetts. In 1822 he was one of the committee that selected Augusta as the capital of Maine. From 1829 to 1837 he was collector of the port of Portland, removing to Augusta in the latter year. He was the principal founder of Monmouth academy, and from 1821 to 1838 was a trustee of Bowdoin college. He died in Augusta, Me. , Sept. 25, 1841.

CHANDLER, Joseph Ripley, representative, was born in Kingston, Mass., Avig. 25, 1792. He was educated in the public schools of Kingston, and was at one time a school teacher. He moved to Philadelphia in 1815 and opened a school, which he conducted for eleven years. In 1822 he became an editorial writer on the United States Gazette, and in 1826 assumed the sole edi- torship. In 1847 he resigned his position on ac- count of ill-health. He was prominent in local politics, and in 1848 was elected a representa- tive from Pennsylvania in the 31st Congress as a Whig. He was re-elected to the 32d and 33d congresses, serving from Dec. 3, 1849, to March 3, 1855. He was appointed by President Bu- chanan minister to the two Sicilies, and served in this office from 1858 to 1860. Among his pub- lished writings are : A Grammar of the English Language (1821) ; 77ie, Pilgrims of the Rock (1846) ; Civil and W^.ligioas Equality (1855), and Outlines of Penology (1874). He died in Phiia- delpliia. Pa., July 10, 1880.

CHANDLER, Ralph, naval officer, was born in New York city, Aug. 23, 1829. He entered the U. S. navy as midshipman Sept. 27, 1845, served during the Mexican war, was promoted passed midsliipman, Oct. 6, 1851; master, Sept. 15, 1855; and lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1855. He was present at the battle of Port Poyal, and in 1862 took part in the capture of Norfolk, Va., being on the San Jacinto of the North Atlantic blockading squad-

ron. On July 16, 1862, he was promoted lieuten- ant-commander, and placed in command of the Maumee. He was advanced to the rank of com- mander, July 25, 1866; captain, Jtme 5, 1874, and commodore, March 1, 1881. Later in 1884 he was placed in command of the Brooklyn, N. Y., navy- yard, and Oct. 6, 1886, was promoted rear- admiral, and assigned to the command of the Asiatic squadron. He died in Hong Kong, China, Feb. 11, 1889.

CHANDLER, Thomas Bradbury, clergj^man, was born in Woodstock, Conn., April 26, 1726; son of Capt. William and Jemima (Bradbury) Chandler. He was graduated at Yale college in 1745, and in 1747 was appointed, by the vener- able society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, catechist in Elizabethtown. N. J. In the summer of 1751 he went to England and was admitted into holy orders, returning in November to become a missionary in New Eng- land. In 1767 lie published An Appeal to the Public in Behalf of the Church of Enghiud in America, which gave rise to a long controversy, but did not result in any definite decision. At the outbreak of the revolutionary troubles in America, Dr. Chandler warmly espoused the royal cause. He soon found his position un- pleasant, and in 1775 left for England, where he remained until 1785. In 1785 he returned to the United States. He retained the rectorship at Elizabethtown, but was never able to resiune his parochial duties. In 1786 he was invited to become bishop for the province of Nova Scotia, but declined. In 1766 the University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of D. D. He died at Elizabethtown, N. J., June 17, 1790.

CHANDLER, William Eaton, statesman, was born in Concord, N. H., Dec. 28, 1835; son of Nathan S. and Mary A. Chandler. He was edu- cated at the academy of Thetford, Vt., and Pem- broke, N. H., and was graduated at the Harvard law school in 1854. In 1856 he was admitted to the bar and began to practice in Concord, identifying himself with the Republican party, which was start- ed in that year. He was appointed law re- porter of the New Hampshire supreme court in 1859, and pub- lished five volumes of the reports. He was elected a member of the state legislature in 1862, and was speaker of the house in 1864-'65. He was sent by the navy department in the latter part of 1864 as

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