Happy Chandler

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American politician baseball executive human sports executive

Happy Chandler was an American politician and sports executive who served as the second Commissioner of Major League Baseball, overseeing the sport during and after World War II and supporting the racial integration of the game.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → baseball executive → human → sports executive →
child	Ben Chandler →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1898-07-14 →
dateOfDeath	1991-06-15 →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → Transylvania University →
endTime	1951-07-15 →
endTimeAsCommissionerOfMLB	1951 →
endTimeAsGovernorOfKentuckyFirstTerm	1939 →
endTimeAsGovernorOfKentuckySecondTerm	1959 →
endTimeAsUnitedStatesSenator	1945 →
fieldOfWork	public administration → sports administration →
fullName	Albert Benjamin Chandler →
givenName	Albert →
honorificPrefix	Governor → Senator →
leagueCommissioned	Major League Baseball →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
militaryService	United States Army →
nickname	Happy →
notableFor	approving Jackie Robinson’s contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers → leading Major League Baseball during and after World War II → supporting racial integration of Major League Baseball →
occupation	baseball executive → lawyer → politician →
orderInOffice	2nd Commissioner of Major League Baseball →
placeOfBirth	Corydon, Kentucky, United States →
placeOfDeath	Versailles, Kentucky, United States →
positionHeld	Commissioner of Major League Baseball → Governor of Kentucky → Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky → United States Senator →
religion	Baptist →
residence	Versailles, Kentucky, United States →
spouse	Mildred Watkins →
startTime	1945-11-01 →
startTimeAsCommissionerOfMLB	1945 →
startTimeAsGovernorOfKentuckyFirstTerm	1935 →
startTimeAsGovernorOfKentuckySecondTerm	1955 →
startTimeAsUnitedStatesSenator	1939 →
supported	racial integration in professional baseball →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Commissioner of Baseball →	notableHolder