William E. Chandler

William Eaton Chandler ( born December 28, 1835 in Concord, New Hampshire; ibid. † November 30, 1917 ) was an American politician ( Republican). He was a member of the U.S. Senate and served as Navy Minister in the Cabinet of President Chester A. Arthur.

William Chandler first attended the public schools, and later private schools in Thetford (Vermont ) and Pembroke. He studied at the Law School of Harvard University, where he made his degree in 1854 and was recorded in the following year to the bar, after which he began practicing as a lawyer in Concord. In 1859 he was appointed Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire; in this capacity he was responsible for the publication of the decisions of the court.

His first political office took over Chandler in 1862 as a delegate in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire, where he remained until 1864; at times he was there the Speaker. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him in 1865 to the Judge Advocate General of the Navy Department. Later he took up the position of Deputy Minister of Finance, but he resigned in 1867.

Chandler left Washington and returned to New Hampshire. There he was active during the 1870s and at the beginning of the following decade as a newspaper publisher and editor. He was also active politically continue as a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1876 and again as an MP in the House of Representatives in 1881.

1882 William Chandler came back to Washington after him President Arthur had entrusted with the management of the Navy Department. He took office on 16 April 1882 and continued to modernize the fleet begun by his predecessor, William H. Hunt. The rescue of the polar expedition of Adolphus Greely in 1883 was planned under his leadership. With the end of the term of office of the President and Chandler resigned from the government on March 4, 1885.

After the death of U.S. Senator Austin F. Pike on October 8, 1886 William Chandler was elected to the regular successor; Person Colby Cheney had carried out the duties as acting. Chandler took his seat on 14 June 1887, was also re-elected at the end of the outgoing legislature as in 1895, so he remained until March 3, 1901 in the Senate. In 1900, he missed the re- nomination by his party. During his time Chandler stood before several committees.

President William McKinley appointed Chandler after his retirement from the Senate to the President of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, a position he held until 1908. He then worked again as a lawyer in Washington and Concord. In his hometown he died in 1917.

In commemoration of the former Secretary of the Navy of the destroyer USS Chandler (DD -206 ) was named after him.