Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.  | John Chandler (1762-1841) — of Monmouth,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Epping,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February1, 1762.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1805-09;KennebecCounty Sheriff, 1808; served in the U.S. Army during the War of1812; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1819;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819-20;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1820-29;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1829-37.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,September25, 1841 (age79 years, 236days).Interment atMt. Vernon Cemetery, Augusta, Maine. | | | Thomas Chandler (1772-1866) — of Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.; Hillsborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,August10, 1772.Democrat. Member ofNewHampshire state senate 3rd District, 1817-19, 1825-28; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1828;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1829-33.Died in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,January28, 1866 (age93 years, 171days).Interment atBedfordCenter Cemetery, Bedford, N.H.  | Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December10, 1813.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; Whig candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1856;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1876-79;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1878-79.Died, from abrainhemorrhage, in his room at the Grand PacificHotel,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November1, 1879 (age65 years, 326days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | George Byron Chandler (1832-1905) — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,November18, 1832.Democrat.Banker;member ofNewHampshire state senate 3rd District, 1874-75; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1888,1892(member,RulesCommittee;ConventionVice-President).Died in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,June 29,1905 (age72 years, 223days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H. | | Eugene Hale (1836-1918) — of Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine.Born in Turner, Oxford County (nowAndroscogginCounty), Maine,June 9,1836.Republican.Lawyer;HancockCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1858-66; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1867-68, 1879-80; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1868,1876,1880;U.S.Representative from Maine 5th District, 1869-79; defeated, 1878;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1881-1911.Englishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,October27, 1918 (age82 years, 140days).Interment atWoodbineCemetery, Ellsworth, Maine. | | Clarence Hale (1848-1934) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Turner,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,April15, 1848.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1883-86;U.S.District Judge for Maine, 1902-22; took senior status 1922;senior judge, 1922-34.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,April 9,1934 (age85 years, 359days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Frederick Hale (1874-1963) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October7, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1905-06; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maine, 1912-18;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1917-41.Congregationalist.Member,PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September28, 1963 (age88 years, 356days).Interment atWoodbineCemetery, Ellsworth, Maine. | | Robert S. Hale (1889-1976) — also known asRobert Hale — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November29, 1889.Republican.Rhodesscholar;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1923-30;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1929-30;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1943-59; defeated, 1958.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;PsiUpsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,November30, 1976 (age87 years, 1days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Rodney Dennis Chandler (b. 1942) — also known asRod D. Chandler — of Bellevue,KingCounty, Wash.; Aurora,AdamsCounty, Colo.Born in La Grande,UnionCounty, Ore.,July 13,1942.Republican.Televisionreporter;publicrelations consultant; member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1974-82;U.S.Representative from Washington 8th District, 1983-93; candidateforU.S.Senator from Washington, 1992.Still living as of 2014.
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