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Joseph Ripley Chandler
United States Ambassador to the Two Sicilies
In office
June 15, 1858 – November 15, 1860
PresidentJames Buchanan
Preceded byRobert Dale Owen
Succeeded byEmbassy closed
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's2nddistrict
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byJoseph R. Ingersoll
Succeeded byJob R. Tyson
Personal details
Born(1792-08-22)August 22, 1792
Kingston,Massachusetts
DiedJuly 10, 1880(1880-07-10)(aged 87)
Political partyWhig

Joseph Ripley Chandler(August 22, 1792 – July 10, 1880) was aWhigmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.

Biography

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Joseph R. Chandler was born inKingston, Massachusetts.He was engaged in commercial work inBoston, Massachusetts,and moved toPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania,in 1815. He founded a young ladies' seminary and worked as editor of theUnited States Gazettefrom 1822 to 1847. He was a member of thePhiladelphia City Councilfrom 1832 to 1848, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837. For a short time, he was an editorial assistant atGraham's Magazinein 1848.[1]

Chandler was elected as a Whig to theThirty-first,Thirty-second,andThirty-thirdCongresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1854.He was appointed by PresidentJames BuchananasMinisterto theTwo Siciliesand served from June 15, 1858, to November 15, 1860.[2]

He served as president of the board of directors ofGirard College.He became interested inprison reformand was a delegate to theInternational Prison Congressheld atLondonin 1872. He died in 1880 in Philadelphia, where he was interred in New Cathedral Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson.The Literary History of Philadelphia.Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1906.ISBN1-932109-45-5.p. 273
  2. ^"Joseph Ripley Chandler", Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute

Bibliography

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  • Gerrity, Frank. "The Disruption of the Philadelphia Whigocracy: Joseph R. Chandler, Anti-Catholicism, and the Congressional Election of 1854."Pennsylvania Magazine,111 (April 1987): 161–94.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
1849–1855 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador(asMinister Resident) to theTwo Sicilies
1858–1860 		Succeeded by
Embassy closed
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