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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chandler , Zachiariah 1813 -1879 (search)
Chandler, Zachiariah 1813-1879
Legislator; born in Bedford, N. H., Dec. 10, 1813; settled in Detroit, Mich., in 1833.
In 1857 he was elected United States Senator, and held the seat until 1874, when he was appointed Secretary of the Interior; and in 1879 was again elected to the Senate.
He was active in the organization of the Republican party; and sent a famous letter to Governor Blair, of Michigan, on Feb. 11, 1861, in which he used the words, Without a little blood-letting this Union will not, in my estimation, be worth a rush.
He died in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 1, 1879.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Confederate States of America (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emancipation proclamations. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln , Abraham 1809 - (search)