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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Happy Chandler canonical 4

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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 ⓘ
surface form: Versailles, Kentucky, United States
positionHeld Commissioner of Major League Baseball ⓘ
Governor of Kentucky ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky ⓘ
United States Senator from New York ⓘ
surface form: United States Senator
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Versailles, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Commissioner of Baseball → notableHolder → Happy Chandler ⓘ
Corydon, Kentucky, United States → isBirthplaceOf → Happy Chandler ⓘ
subject surface form: Corydon, Kentucky
Mildred Watkins → spouse → Happy Chandler ⓘ
1949 World Series → commissionerOfBaseball → Happy Chandler ⓘ