Background
He was born in Belleville, Florida.
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Education
He attended the common schools and Iuka Male Academy and was graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1881.
Career
He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Iuka, Mississippi. Candler served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Tishomingo County, Mississippi in 1884. He moved to Corinth, Mississippi in 1887 and continued the practice of law.
Candler was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1921).
In Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Sixty-seventh Congress). He was unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920, losing to John East. Rankin.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession. He served as mayor of Corinth, Mississippi 1933-1937 and died there in 1944.
He was buried in Henry Cemetery.
Membership
He was member of the Democratic executive committee of Alcorn County, Mississippi for several years.
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Democratic party