Lewis S. Chanler
| Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler | |
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| Member of the New York State Assembly for Dutchess Co. |
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In office 1910–1912 |
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| Lieutenant Governor of New York |
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In office 1907–1908 |
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| Preceded by | John Raines (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Horace White |
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| Born | September 24, 1869 Newport, Rhode Island |
| Died | February 28, 1942 (aged 72) New York City, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Alice Chamberlain (m. 1890; div. 1920) Julia Lynch Olin (m. 1921; his death 1942) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
John Winthrop Chanler Margaret Astor Ward |
| Relatives |
John A. Chaloner (brother) Robert W. Chanler (brother) William A. Chanler (brother) Amélie Troubetzkoy (sister-in-law) Richard Aldrich (brother-in-law) |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (September 24, 1869 in Newport, Rhode Island – February 28, 1942 in New York City) was a New York lawyer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1907 to 1908.
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. His father, who served in the U.S. Representative from New YorkThrough 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, Jr. (1829–1892), and a great-grandson of John Jacob Astor.
Lewis had nine brothers and sisters, including the artist Robert Winthrop Chanler and the soldier and explorer William Astor Chanler. His sister Margaret Livingston Chanler served as a nurse with the American Red Cross during the Spanish–American War. Margaret Chanler was later married to Richard Aldrich and lived at Rokeby. Chanler's eldest brother, John Armstrong Chaloner, married novelist Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy. Chanler and his siblings became orphans after the death of their mother in 1875 and their father in 1877, both to pneumonia. The children were raised at their parents' estate, Rokeby, in Barrytown, New York.
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