U.S. Congressman. After receiving an education in various academic studies, he studied law at the Litchfield Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced to practice law in New Haven,. He became editor of the New England Review, was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, (1840, 47-48) and was United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut, (1841-48). In 1851, he was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, serving until 1853. After his term he was elected as a Democrat to the Connecticut State House of Representatives, serving (1862-64). He then resumed the practice of law until his death at age 70.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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![Asa Chapman]()
Asa Chapman
1770–1825
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![Mary Chapman]()
Mary Perry Chapman
1778–1850
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![Sarah Chapman]()
Sarah Tomlinson Chapman
1801–1876 (m. 1821)
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![Frances Filley]()
Frances Ann Chapman Filley
1821–1904
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![Charlotte McLean]()
Charlotte Chapman McLean
1825–1875
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![Charles Chapman]()
Charles Richard Chapman
1827–1897
Flowers
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Records on Ancestry
Charles Clarke Chapman
Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
Charles Clarke Chapman
Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
Charles Clarke Chapman
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
Charles Clarke Chapman
Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Charles Clarke Chapman
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
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