Leonard B. Chandler
Leonard Blanchard Chandler | |
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| Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[1] Representing the 23rd Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[2] | |
| In office June 6, 1917 – August 13, 1919 | |
| Twelfth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts | |
| In office January 4, 1904 – January 1, 1906 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Glines[3] |
| Succeeded by | Charles Arnold Grimmons |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] Third Middlesex District[4] | |
| In office 1902–1903 | |
| Preceded by | Franklin E. Huntress[5] |
| Succeeded by | John M. Woods[6] |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] 8th Middlesex District[7] | |
| In office 1897–1899 | |
| Member of the Somerville, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen Ward Three[8] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 29, 1851[1][9] Princeton, Massachusetts[1][9] |
| Died | November 9, 1927 (aged 76)[10] Somerville, Massachusetts[10] |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Hattie Betsey Stuart, married on October 22, 1874. |
| Residence(s) | 45 Jaques St, Somerville, Massachusetts[10] |
| Occupation | Milk Distributor[9] |
Leonard Blanchard Chandler[11] (August 29, 1851 – November 9, 1927) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, both branches of the city council and as the twelfth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.[1]
Early life
[edit]Chandler as born August 29, 1851, to Leonard and Sarah (Blanchard) Chandler in Princeton, Massachusetts.[11][12]
Family life
[edit]Chandler married Hattie Betsey Stewart of Charlestown, Massachusetts[13] in Princeton, Massachusetts, on October 22, 1874. They had three children.[11]
1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
[edit]In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.[14] In May 1917, Chandler was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 23rd Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 64.
- ^ a b "Massachusetts Constitutional Convention", Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers: 10, 1919.
- ^ City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 204.
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 137.
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1901), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. X, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 137.
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1904), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. XIII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 129.
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1897), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. VI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 143.
- ^ Samuels, Edward Augustus (1897), Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, Boston, MA: Samuels and Kimball, p. 173.
- ^ a b c Samuels, Edward Augustus (1897), Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, Boston, MA: Samuels and Kimball, p. 508.
- ^ a b c The Boston Globe (November 10, 1927), EX-MAYOR CHANDLER OF SOMERVILLE DEAD: Served Two Terms as City's Chief Executive, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Globe, p. 10.
- ^ a b c Hager, Lucie Caroline (1891), Boxborough: a New England Town and its People, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 92.
- ^ Conklin, Edwin P. (1927), Middlesex County and its people: a history, Volume 3, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing, p. 227.
- ^ Blake, Francis Everett (1915), History of the Town of Princeton, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1759-1915. Vol II, Printed in Boston, MA: Town of Princeton, p. 55
- ^ "Massachusetts Constitutional Convention", Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers: 7–8, 1919.
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