Nathaniel Chipman

Nathaniel Chipman (* 15. November 1752 in Salisbury , Litchfield County , Connecticut Colony ; †  13. February 1843 in Tinmouth , Vermont ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Federalist Party ), of the state of Vermont in the US Senate took .

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As a boy, Nathaniel Chipman received private tuition. He earned a degree from Yale College in 1777 ; During this time he also served in the Continental Army and fought in the War of Independence . Until 1778 he held the rank of lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment from Connecticut. After the end of his military career, Chipman studied law , was inducted into the bar in 1779 and began practicing in Tinmouth, Rutland County . From 1784 to 1785 he exercised his first political mandate as a member of the House of Representatives from Vermont . In 1786 he became a judge at the Vermont Supreme Court , which he chaired in 1789. Between 1791 and 1894 he was a judge in the federal district court for the judicial district of Vermont; In 1796 he was again Chief Justice of Vermont.

When US Senator Isaac Tichenor resigned on October 17, 1797 to take over the office of governor of Vermont, Chipman was elected his successor in Congress . He remained there until March 3, 1803 and failed when attempting re-election. From 1806 to 1811 he was then again a member of the state House of Representatives, before a final term as Chief Justice of Vermont followed from 1813 to 1815.

Nathaniel Chipman's younger brother Daniel represented Vermont from 1815 to 1816 in the US House of Representatives , which included his grandson John Logan Chipman for Michigan from 1887 to 1893 .

Web links

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

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