WILLIAM EATON CHANDLER
William Eaton Chandler, of Concord, was born in Concord, N. H., December 28, 1835; received a common-school education; studied law; graduated at Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1855; in 1859 was appointed reporter of the decisions of the supreme court; was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives in 1862, 1863, and 1864, serving as its speaker during the last two years; on March 9, 1865, became solicitor and judge-advocate general of the Navy Department; was appointed First Assistant Secretary of the Treasury June 17, 1865, and resigned that office November 30, 1867; in 1876 was a member of the New Hampshire constitutional convention; in 1881 was again a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives; on March 23, 1881, was appointed by President Garfield solicitor-general, but was rejected by the Senate; was appointed by President Arthur Secretary of the Navy April 12, 1882, and served till March 7, 1885; was elected to the United States Senate June 14, 1887, as a Republican, to fill the unexpired term of Austin F. Pike, which ended March 3, 1889; was reëlected June 18, 1889, and again January 16, 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.
