Daniel Chipman

Daniel Chipman

Daniel Chipman (born October 22, 1765 in Salisbury , Litchfield County , Colony of Connecticut , † April 23, 1850 in Ripton , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1815 and 1816 he represented the first constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Chipman was the younger brother of Nathaniel Chipman , who served in the US Senate for Vermont between 1797 and 1803 . The elder Chipman attended Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) until 1788 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he practiced his new profession in Rutland (Vermont) between 1790 and 1794 .

Between 1793 and 1850 he was a delegate to a total of five meetings to revise the Vermont state constitution. In 1794 he moved to Middlebury . Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . Chipman was an MP in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1798 to 1808 and 1812 to 1814, and 1818 and 1821 . Between 1813 and 1814 he was President of this Chamber. He also taught law at Middlebury College between 1806 and 1818 . In 1808, Chipman was a member of the Vermont Governor's Advisory Board .

In 1812 Chipman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1814 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the First District of Vermont . There he took over from William Czar Bradley on March 4, 1815 . Chipman served his mandate in Congress until his resignation on May 5, 1816. In 1824 he became a court reporter at a Vermont court. In 1828 he moved to Ripton, where he practiced as a lawyer again. There he also dealt with literary matters. Daniel Chipman died in Ripton in April 1850 and was buried in Middlebury.

Web links

• Daniel Chipman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Chipman in the database of Find a Grave (English)