Leonard B. Chandler

Leonard Blanchard Chandler
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[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	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

Chandler as born August 29, 1851 to Leonard and Sarah (Blanchard) Chandler in Princeton, Massachusetts.^[11][12]

Family life

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

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

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.