| − | '''Zachariah T. Chandler''' (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was a staunch [[abolitionist]] and [[Whig]]-turned-[[Republican]] from [[Michigan]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from 1957 to 1975, as well as for a brief period in 1879. He was the father-in-law and grandfather of later [[Maine]] senators Eugene Hale and [[Frederick Hale]] respectively. | + | '''Zachariah T. Chandler''' (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was a staunch [[abolitionist]] and [[Whig]]-turned-[[Republican]] from [[Michigan]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from 1957 to 1975, as well as for a brief period in 1879. During the presidency of [[Ulysses S. Grant]], Chandler was appointed [[Secretary of the Interior]]. He was the father-in-law and grandfather of later [[Maine]] senators Eugene Hale and [[Frederick Hale]] respectively. |