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{{cquote|...without a little bloodletting this Union will not, in my estimate, be worth a rush.}}

{{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''.

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''. The DW-NOMINATE gives him a rating of 0.601, and says that he was the most conservative member of the 45th Senate, as well as most other sessions of the Senate during his time in office.<ref>https://voteview.com/person/1642/zachariah-chandler</ref>

Chandler lost re-election in the 1874 Midterms to [[Democrat]] Isaac P. Christiancy amidst the GOP landslide defeats that year.<ref name=encyclopedia.com/>

Chandler lost re-election in the 1874 Midterms to [[Democrat]] Isaac P. Christiancy amidst the GOP landslide defeats that year.<ref name=encyclopedia.com/>