Show WIL CHANDLER new la flory fiery member of the f ial y S senate seato senator 1 I am eaton chandler of new hampshire who has earned for himself the et enviable viable distinction of being called tom reeds closest friend has ha been a public man for a long time the senator was born in the academic town of concord in 1835 and attended the common schools he was graduated from the harvard law school and admitted to the bar in 1855 he was elected to the legislature in 1862 1863 and 1864 and served as speaker during the last two terms in 1865 he became solicitor and judge advocate general genera I 1 of the navy in the same year he was appointed first assistant secretary of the i treasury and resigned from that office 1 in november 1867 serving as a member I 1 of the new hampshire constitution I 1 al convention in 1876 he was again a member of the legislature in 1881 and in that year he was appointed by president garfield solicitor general but was rejected by the senate president arthur made him secretary of the navy in 1882 and he served in that office for three years he was elected to the senate in 1887 to fill an term and was reelected elected re in 1889 and 1895 mr chandler is best known perhaps for the part he be played in the presidential campaign in 1876 when I 1 as was waa claimed he went to florida and I 1 I 1 1 1 SENATOR CHANTLER CHANDLER CHA N seized that state from the democrats thus securing the election of mr hayes mr chandler also attracted public attention when senator voorhees of indiana once gave his nose a severe tweak in the senate chamber |