William Henry Chandler (other)
William Henry Chandler may refer to: * William Henry Chandler (politician) (1815–1888) * William Henry Chandler (chemist) William Henry Chandler (December 13, 1841 – November 23, 1906) was an American chemist. Biography William Henry Chandler was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on December 13, 1841, to Charles Chandler and Sarah Whitney. Chandler had two sib ... (1841–1906) * William Henry Chandler (painter) (1854–1928) * William Henry Chandler (botanist) (1878–1970) See also * William Chandler (other) {{hndis, Chandler, William Henry ...
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William Henry Chandler (politician)
William Henry Chandler (April 14, 1815 – May 13, 1888) was an American politician. Chandler, the only child of Randolph and Hannah (Tisdale) Chandler, of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, R.I., was born in that city, on April 14, 1815. He graduated from Yale College in 1839. Upon graduation he entered the Harvard Law School, Law School of Harvard University, but in May, 1840, a serious disease of the eyes compelled him to abandon all his plans. After a year of acute suffering, he made a trial of a country life in the village of Pomfret, Connecticut, Pomfret, Conn., his father's native place, with such encouraging results that in 1842 he purchased a few acres of land in the adjoining town of Thompson, Connecticut, Thompson, and after his marriage (on March 24, 1842, to Martha Helen, second daughter of William Allen, of Pomfret) settled there, and by active outdoor life on a farm recovered fully his health. He continued in Thompson until his death. He was elected as Represent ...
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