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===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===
A strong political [[conservative]] who voted with the right on key issues an average of 94% of the time,<ref>FascinatingPolitics (March 17, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/03/17/aside-from-their-crusade-to-end-slavery-what-was-the-ideology-of-the-radical-republicans/ Aside From Their Push for Equal Rights, What Was the Ideology of the Radical Republicans?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> Chandler backed higher protectionist [[tariff]]s<ref name=encyclopedia.com/> and the [[gold standard]].<ref>FascinatingPolitics (August 31, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/08/31/the-oldest-presidential-candidate-in-american-history/ The Oldest Presidential Candidate in American History]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> When [[Andrew Johnson]] assumed the presidency following the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]], Chandler would turn against the racist Tennessee Democrat's policies on [[Reconstruction]] and voted for the articles of impeachment, though conviction failed due to Kansas [[RINO]] Edmund G. Ross's ''nays''.
As the Southern Democrats plotted secession over the election of Lincoln to the presidency, Chandler refused to compromise, declaring:<ref name=encyclopedia.com/>
{{cquote|...without a little bloodletting this Union will not, in my estimate, be worth a rush.}}
A strong political [[conservative]] who voted with the right on key issues an average of 94% of the time,<ref>FascinatingPolitics (March 17, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/03/17/aside-from-their-crusade-to-end-slavery-what-was-the-ideology-of-the-radical-republicans/ Aside From Their Push for Equal Rights, What Was the Ideology of the Radical Republicans?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> Chandler backed higher protectionist [[tariff]]s<ref name=encyclopedia.com/> and the [[gold standard]].<ref>FascinatingPolitics (August 31, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/08/31/the-oldest-presidential-candidate-in-american-history/ The Oldest Presidential Candidate in American History]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> When [[Andrew Johnson]] assumed the presidency following the assassination of President Lincoln, Chandler would turn against the racist Tennessee Democrat's policies on [[Reconstruction]] and voted for the articles of impeachment, though conviction failed due to Kansas [[RINO]] Edmund G. Ross's ''nays''.
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