John William Chapman

John William Chapman (born September 8, 1894 in Crete , Nebraska , † August 1978 ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1961 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Illinois .

Career

John Chapman attended the public schools in Chicago and then studied at the University of Chicago there . After a subsequent law degree at the law school of this university and his admission to the bar in 1917, he began to work in his profession in Chicago in the 1920s. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1927 he became a member of the Chicago City Council. Since 1941 he lived in Springfield . Between 1941 and 1949 he was on the staff of Governor Dwight H. Green . From 1941 to 1950 he also sat on his state's pardon committee.

In 1952 Chapman was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois at the side of William Stratton . He held this office between January 12, 1953 and January 9, 1961. He was Deputy Governor . In 1960 he was a substitute delegate to the Republican National Convention , where Vice President Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate. After that, he no longer appeared politically.

Web links

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