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Chandler, William Eaton

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Dec. 28, 1835, in Concord, N. H. During 1862-64 he was member of the New Hampshire house of representatives, and served as its speaker during the last two years.

In 1865 he became solicitor and judge advocate general of the navy department; and was subsequently appointed first assistant secretary of the treasury. In 1881 he was again a member of the state legislature; and in 1882-85 was secretary of the navy. In 1887 he was elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected to the same office for term expiring in 1901. He resides in Concord, N. H., and his portrait hangs in the Library building of the state capitol. CHANDLER, WILLIAM HENRY, chemist, was born Dec. 13, 1841, in New Bedford, Mass. In 1871 he became professor of chemistry at Lehigh university, and in 1878 was made director of the library. In 1876 he was a juror at the Philadelphia centennial exhibition, and in 1878 at the Paris exhibition. His contributions to chemical literature have appeared principally in the American Chemist, of which from 1870 till 1877 he and his brother, Charles F. Chandler, were editors.