Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler

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Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (born September 24, 1869 in Newport , Rhode Island , † February 28, 1942 in New York City ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler graduated in 1891 as Bachelor of Laws at the Columbia University . Then he went from 1894 to the University of Cambridge . He then practiced as a lawyer in New York.

Chanler was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York State in 1906 . He defeated the incumbent Matthew Linn Bruce , although his running mate William Randolph Hearst suffered a defeat against the Republican Charles Evans Hughes . Chanler ran for governor of New York unsuccessfully in 1908 . Hearst mocked him in a series of cartoons.

Chanler was a member of the New York State Assembly between 1910 and 1912 . Franklin D. Roosevelt had initially considered running for the Assembly seat, but Chanler refused to step down. Roosevelt then ran for the New York Senate . During this time Chanler lived in Barrytown . Around 1920 Chanler and his first wife divorced. The following year he married Julia Benkard, a recently divorced woman with two daughters of their own. The family bought a new home at 132 East 65th Street in New York City. This house later became known as the Caravan House .

Julia came into contact with Baha'i for the first time in 1925 and joined the religious community a short time later. In the ensuing period, she and her husband became close friends of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab . Together they founded the New History Society in 1929 to spread the teachings of the Baha'i. A number of papers were published by the Society both before, during and after the events that led to their exclusion from the Baha'i community by Shoghi Effendi in 1939 . Sohrab taught classes in Baha'i until the local New York administration stated that the classes were under their jurisdiction. The group rebelled against it and was then expelled from the movement. During this time they created the Caravan of East and West , which was intended as an educational organization to prepare relatives for membership in Baha'i. They went on and expanded their work in New York City. After Sohrab and Julie's death, the Society seemed to disappear, but the Caravan persisted and still exists today as a non-profit company with the same address.

Chanler died in New York City in 1942. The obituary appeared in the New York Times on March 4 . His funeral was presided over by Rev. CAW Brocklebank at St Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie . After reading the Bible, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab read from "the service for the departed" from the Baha'i religion. Chanler was buried in St Paul's Churchyard in Glen Cove ( Long Island ).

family

Lewis Chanler was the son of John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor Ward. He was married twice. His first marriage was in 1890 with Alice Chamberlain (1868–1955), from whom he later divorced. He then married Julie (Olin) Benkard (1882–1961) in 1921. Three common children emerged from the two connections:

  1. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Jr. (1891–1963) - He was married twice, the first marriage he went to around 1920 to Leslie Murray and the second after 1940 to Mary Kroehle
    1. Susan Chanler (1921–1996) - She was married to Clifford E. Herrick, Jr. (1916–1978)
    2. Bronson Winthrop Chanler (1922-2009) - He was married to Evelyn Williams Rogers (* 1931)
    3. Clare Chanler (1927-1992) - She was married to Bayard Forster (1924-2001)
    4. Rosanna Chanler (* 1930) - She is married to Montgomery Harris
  2. Alida Chanler (1894–1983) - She was married to William Christian Bohn
  3. William Chamberlain Chanler (1895–1981) - He was married to Frances Randall Williams

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SURNAME Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Newport , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1942
Place of death New York City