John Logan Chipman

John Logan Chipman

John Logan Chipman (born June 5, 1830 in Detroit , Michigan , †  August 17, 1893 there ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1893 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Chipman was a grandson of Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), who had represented the state of Vermont in the US Senate between 1797 and 1803 . The younger Chipman attended the public schools of his home country and then studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor between 1843 and 1845 . In 1846 he worked as an explorer for the mining industry Montreal Mining Co. in the Lake Superior area . In 1853 he became an administrative clerk with the Michigan House of Representatives . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1854, he began to work in his new profession in the north of Michigan in the area of ​​the Upper Lake. On his return to Detroit, he was the city's legal representative between 1857 and 1860.

Politically, Chipman was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866. In 1866 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives. Between 1867 and 1879 he represented the Detroit City Police Department as a lawyer. From 1879 to 1887, Chipman was a Superior Court judge in Detroit. In the congressional election of 1886 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded William C. Maybury on March 4, 1887 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 17, 1893 .

Web links

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

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