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American politician
Leonard Blanchard Chandler
Delegate to the
1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
Representing the
23rd Middlesex District of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives.
In office
June 6, 1917 – August 13, 1919
Twelfth Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 4, 1904 – January 1, 1906
Preceded byEdward Glines
Succeeded byCharles Arnold Grimmons
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Third Middlesex District
In office
1902–1903
Preceded byFranklin E. Huntress
Succeeded byJohn M. Woods
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
8th Middlesex District
In office
1897–1899
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward Three
Personal details
BornAugust 29, 1851
Princeton, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 9, 1927 (aged 76)
Somerville, Massachusetts
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Hattie Betsey Stuart, married on October 22, 1874.
Residence(s)45 Jaques St, Somerville, Massachusetts
OccupationMilk Distributor

Leonard Blanchard Chandler (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.

Early life

Chandler as born August 29, 1851, to Leonard and Sarah (Blanchard) Chandler in Princeton, Massachusetts.

Family life

Chandler married Hattie Betsey Stewart of Charlestown, Massachusetts in Princeton, Massachusetts, on October 22, 1874. They had three children.

1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. 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.

References

  1. ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 64.
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Constitutional Convention", Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers: 10, 1919.
  3. 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.
  4. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 137.
  5. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1901), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. X, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 137.
  6. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1904), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. XIII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 129.
  7. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1897), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. VI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 143.
  8. Samuels, Edward Augustus (1897), Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, Boston, MA: Samuels and Kimball, p. 173.
  9. ^ Samuels, Edward Augustus (1897), Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, Boston, MA: Samuels and Kimball, p. 508.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Hager, Lucie Caroline (1891), Boxborough: a New England Town and its People, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 92.
  12. Conklin, Edwin P. (1927), Middlesex County and its people: a history, Volume 3, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing, p. 227.
  13. 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
  14. "Massachusetts Constitutional Convention", Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers: 7–8, 1919.
Political offices
Preceded byEdward Glines Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts
January 4, 1904
to
January 1, 1906 		Succeeded byCharles Arnold Grimmons
Preceded byFranklin E. Huntress Massachusetts State Senator
Third Middlesex District
January 1902
to
January 1903 		Succeeded byJohn M. Woods


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