Willard H. Chandler

Willard Harris Chandler (November 18, 1830 – March 24, 1901) was an American educator, farmer, and Republican politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, and was President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate for the 1865 and 1866 sessions.[1][2][3]

Willard H. Chandler
From 1901's Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 2, 1865 – January 7, 1867
Preceded bySmith S. Wilkinson
Succeeded byGeorge F. Wheeler
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 5, 1863 – January 7, 1867
Preceded bySamuel C. Bean
Succeeded byClement Warner
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dane 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1870 – January 2, 1871
Preceded byKnudt Nelson
Succeeded byKnudt O. Heimdal
In office
January 7, 1861 – January 5, 1863
Preceded byEleazor Grover Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam H. Miller
Personal details
Born(1830-11-18)November 18, 1830
Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.
DiedMarch 24, 1901(1901-03-24) (aged 70)
Burke, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeWindsor Congregational Cemetery, Windsor, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • Lucinda J. Wellman
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    (m. 1854; died 1893)​
  • Harriet Adelaide Salisbury
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    (m. 1895; died 1898)​
Children
  • Arthur G. Chandler
  • (b. 1856; died 1876)
  • Frances Augusta (Thompson)
  • (b. 1860; died 1939)
  • Gertrude Eva Chandler
  • (b. 1864; died 1865)

Biography

Chandler was born on November 18, 1830 in Brattleboro, Vermont.[1][4][5] He married Lucinda Wellman (1830–1893) in 1854 and they moved to Wisconsin that same year.[1] They initially lived in Darien, Wisconsin and then soon moved to Windsor, Wisconsin before relocating to a farm in Burke, Wisconsin near Sun Prairie in 1869.[1] After the death of his first wife, he married Harriet Adelaide Salisbury (1845–1898) in 1895.[4] Chandler died at his farm on March 24, 1901.[1][6]

Career

Chandler held a variety of local offices, including town and county school superintendent, and county supervisor.[1] He was a member of the Assembly from 1861 to 1862 and again in 1870. He was elected to the Senate in 1863, where he eventually became president pro tem.[4] He was the Republican nominee for state superintendent of education in 1892, coming in second with 169,739 votes to 176,666 for the incumbent, Democrat Oliver Elwin Wells; 13,258 for Prohibitionist L. Wesley Underwood; and 9,784 for Populist Charles Hatch.[7][2]

References
  1. "W. H. Chandler Passes Away". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, WI. March 25, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. "W. H. Chandler Ill". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, WI. March 23, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved December 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Chandler, Willard H." Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  4. "W. H. Chandler Dies". The Daily Tribune. Wisconsin Rapids, WI. March 30, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letter". 1902. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  6. Assembly, Wisconsin. Legislature. (1901). Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin: Annual Session. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  7. Cunningham, Thomas J., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1893 Madison: Thomas J. Cunningham, Secretary of State; p. 306
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