Background
Anderson, Chandler Parsons was born on September 5, 1866 in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry Hill and Sarah (Burrall) Anderson.
Anderson, Chandler Parsons was born on September 5, 1866 in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry Hill and Sarah (Burrall) Anderson.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1887. Harvard Law School, 1888-1889.
Admitted to New York bar, 1891. Secretary for United States and Great Britain of Bering Sea Claims Commission, 1896-1897, United States secretary Joint Commission with Great Britain for settlement of Canadian questions, 1898-1899. United States associate counsel Alaska Boundary Arbitration, 1903.
United States counsel, Passamaquoddy Bay boundary settlement, 1909.
Special counsel for Department of State under Secretary Root, 1905-1909, and Secretary Knox. 1909-1910, in negotiation of treaties with Great Britain concerning British North. America.
United States agent North. Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910. United States delegate Fur Seal Conference, Washington, District of Columbia, 1911.
Counselor Department of State, 1910-1913.
United States arbitrator, British-American Pecuniary Claims Arbitration, 1913-1923. Counsel for Costa Rica in Costa Rica-Panama boundary arbitration, 1913-1914, before Chief Justice White. Legal adviser for American embassies and legations in Europe on questions involving American interests growing out of European war, and for Department State in Washington, 1914-1915.
Counsel on international questions for United States War Industries Board, 1917-1918 (member special mission to London and Paris, summer of 1918).
Counsel for International Committee Red Cross in the organization of League of Red Cross Societies, France, 1919. Counsel for Guatemala in Guatemala-Honduras boundary mediation before Secretary of State of the United States, since 1918.
Counsel for Nicaragua in Nicaragua-Honduras boundary mediation before Secretary of State of the United States, since 1920. United States arbitrator in American-Norwegian shipping claims arbitration, 1921-1922.
United States legal expert, Armament Conference, Washington, District of Columbia, 1921-1922.
Counsel for Costa Rica in arbitration with Great Britain before Chief Justice Taft, 1923. United States commissioner Mixed Claims Commission between United States and Germany, since 1923. Sole commissioner Tripartite Claims.
Commissioner between United States, Austria and Hungary, 1933.
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Married Harriet South. Ward, May 17, 1899.