Chauncey L. Knapp

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Chauncey L. Knapp (1859)

Chauncey Langdon Knapp (born February 26, 1809 in Berlin , Vermont , †  May 31, 1898 in Lowell , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1859 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Chauncey Knapp attended public schools in his home country. Then he completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. In the following years he worked in the newspaper business in Montpelier . He was the co-owner and editor of the State Journal . He was also politically active. Between 1836 and 1849 he was Secretary of State, executive officer of the Vermont state government. Knapp was a staunch opponent of slavery . Politically, he successively became a member of the Free Soil Party , the American Party and the Republican Party founded in 1854 . He moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he also worked in the newspaper industry. In 1851 he was Secretary to the Massachusetts Senate .

In the congressional elections of 1854 , Knapp was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Tappan Wentworth on March 4, 1855 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1859 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . Between 1859 and 1882 Chauncey Knapp published the newspaper "Lowell Daily Citizen". He died on May 31, 1898 in Lowell, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME Knapp, Chauncey L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knapp, Chauncey Langdon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Vermont , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1898
Place of death Lowell , Massachusetts