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Charles Chapman (Connecticut politician)

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Charles Chapman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byLoren P. Waldo
Succeeded byJames T. Pratt
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
In office
1841–1844
PresidentJohn Tyler
Preceded byWilliam S. Holabird
Succeeded byJonathan Stoadard
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office
1864
1862
1847–1848
1840
Personal details
Born(1799-06-21)June 21, 1799
Newtown, Connecticut
DiedAugust 7, 1869(1869-08-07) (aged 70)
Political partyWhig
Alma materLitchfield Law School

Charles Chapman (June 21, 1799 – August 7, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served a term as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Born in Newtown, Connecticut, Chapman studied at the Litchfield Law School, where his father, Asa Chapman, had also studied. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1827. He moved to Hartford in 1832 and became editor of the New England Review.[1][2]

Chapman served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1840, 1847, and 1848, representing Hartford, and as United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 1841 to 1848.[2]

A supporter of Andrew Jackson's successful campaign for President in 1827–28, Chapman subsequently became a Conservative and later a Whig.[1] In 1848 he ran unsuccessfully for election to the Thirty-first Congress. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853).[2]

He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Connecticut as a Temperance candidate in 1854.[2]

Chapman was again elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1862 and 1864, as a Democrat.[2]

Chapman was married to Sarah Tomlinson. He died in Hartford, Connecticut, on August 7, 1869, and was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.[1][3]

His son Charles R. Chapman served as mayor of Hartford and in both houses of the Connecticut legislature.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Charles C. Chapman". The Ledger. Litchfield Historical Society. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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  3. ^ "Charles Clarke Chapman". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Obituary Sketch of Charles R. Chapman". Connecticut State Library. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 1st congressional district

1851–1853
Succeeded by