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'''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.

'''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]]. Considered a "roughhewn, grim-visaged, hard-drinking, plain-speaking man,"<ref name=encyclopedia.com>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/zachariah-chandler Zachariah Chandler]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> he was the father-in-law and grandfather of later [[Maine]] senators Eugene Hale and [[Frederick Hale]] respectively.

Chandler was a part of the [[Radical Republican]] faction of the party who pressured President [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] to take more aggressive war approaches<ref name=encyclopedia.com>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/zachariah-chandler Zachariah Chandler]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> and who advocated a strong Reconstruction policy to secure the rights of newly freed Southern blacks after the war.

Chandler was a part of the [[Radical Republican]] faction of the party who pressured President [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] to take more aggressive war approaches<ref name=encyclopedia.com/> and who advocated a strong Reconstruction policy to secure the rights of newly freed Southern blacks after the war.

==Political career==

==Political career==