Zachariah Chandler

Zachariah Chandler (born Dec. 10, 1813, Bedford, N.H., U.S.—died Nov. 1, 1879, Chicago, Ill.) was an American politician, one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. After a public school education in Bedford, N.H., Chandler in 1833 moved to Detroit, Mich. There, starting first with a general store and later going into banking and land speculation, he became quite wealthy. Chandler, who was a Whig, campaigned for presidential...