John J. Chappell

John Joel Chappell (born January 19, 1782 in Little River , Horry County , South Carolina , †  May 23, 1871 in Lowndes County , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1817 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Chappell grew up in Richland County , where he attended public schools. After completing a law degree at South Carolina College , now the University of South Carolina , and his admission to the bar in 1805, he began his new profession in Columbia . Between 1805 and 1808 he was an officer in the South Carolina State Militia. There he rose to the rank of colonel.

Politically, Chappell became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1808 and 1812 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In 1809 he was a curator of South Carolina College. Chappell also took part in the British-American War . In 1812 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded William Lowndes on March 4, 1813 . After a re-election in 1814, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1817 . During this time he was chairman of the committee that dealt with claims against the federal government from the revolutionary era.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives, Chappell worked as a lawyer again until 1837. Between 1830 and 1858 he headed the State Bank of South Carolina branch in Columbia. He then moved to Lowndes County, Alabama, where he ran a cotton plantation. John Chappell died on May 23, 1871 and was buried in Columbia.

Web links

• John J. Chappell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John J. Chappell in the database of Find a Grave (English)