OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
William Eaton Chandler

BORN:
December 28, 1835
Concord, New Hampshire

DIED:
November 30, 1917 (age 81)
Concord, New Hampshire

EDUCATION:
Harvard Law School  (LLB, 1854)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1855:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Concord, New Hampshire
1859:
Appointed Reporter of Decisions for the Supreme Court of New Hampshire
1862-1864:
Member. New Hampshire House of Representatives
1863-1864:
Speaker. New Hampshire House of Representatives
1865:
Appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to serve as Solicitor and Judge Advocate General of the Navy Department
1865-1867:
First Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
1870-1880:
Resumed Law Practice, 
Newspaper Publisher and Editor in New Hampshire 
1876:
Member of the New Hampshire State Constitutional Convention
1881:
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
1882-1885:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1887-1889, 1889-1901:
U.S. Senator (R-NH)
1901-1908:
Appointed by President William McKinley as President the Spanish Claims Treaty Commission 
1909:
Resumed Practicing Law in Concord,  New Hampshire and in Washington, DC

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. Navy
Library of Congress
New Hampshire Historical Society 
Wikipedia

OBITUARY:
New York Times 

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