Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, American lawyer Member New York Canal Board; member board of managers Hudson River Eastern State Hospital and House of Refuge, Randall’s Island.; Member Association Bar City of New York, et cetera
Background
He was the fifth son of John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877) of the Dudley–Winthrop family and Margaret Astor Ward (1838–1875) of the Astor family. Through his father, he was a great-great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant and a great-great-great-great-grandson of Wait Winthrop and Joseph Dudley. Through his mother, he was a grandnephew of Julia Ward (1819–1910), John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890), and William Backhouse Astor, Junior.
(1829–1892).
Education
He attended Columbia University and graduated in 1891. Then he attended Cambridge University, matriculating in 1894.
Career
Margaret Chanler was later married to Richard Aldrich (music critic) and lived at Rokeby. Chanler"s eldest brother John Armstrong Chanler married novelist Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy. He became a lawyer, and practiced in New New York
He was elected the Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1906 on the combined ticket of the Democratic Party and the Independence League, defeating the incumbent M. Linn Bruce, although his running mate William Randolph Hearst was defeated in his quest for the governorship by Republican Charles Evans Hughes.
As the sitting lieutenant governor, he ran as the Democratic candidate for Governor against the incumbent Hughes in 1908 and was defeated. This candidacy was opposed by Hearst, who lampooned him in a series of cartoons.
Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt had at first thought of running for this seat in the assembly, but Chanler refused to give it up. Thus, Roosevelt ran in November 1910 for the senate instead.
The family bought a new home at 132 East 65th Street, in New York City.
This house was later christened Caravan House. He died in 1942 at his home in New York City. His obituary appeared in the New York Times on March 4.
His funeral was conducted at Street Mark"s-in-the-Bouwerie by Review
C.A.W. Brocklebank. After the scriptural reading, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab read from "the service for the departed" of the Bahá"í religion. Chanler was buried at Street Paul"s Churchyard in Glen Cove, Long Island.
Politics
Chanler was active in the Democratic Party in Dutchess County and was a Delegate to several state party conventions.
Membership
Member New York Canal Board. Member board of managers Hudson River Eastern State Hospital and House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. Member Association Bar City of New York, et cetera
Clubs: Manhattan, Lawyers’, Knickerbocker, Saint Nicholas, Racquet and Tennis, Rockaway Hunt, Church.
Connections
Married Alice Chamberlain, 1890.