William Chamberlain (politician)

William Chamberlain (born April 27, 1755 in Hopkinton , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † September 27, 1828 in Peacham , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1805 and between 1809 and 1811 he represented the third constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Chamberlain attended public schools in his home country. In 1774 he moved to Loudon , New Hampshire with his father . During the War of Independence he was a sergeant in the Continental Army . He later worked in agriculture and dealt with land surveying. Since 1780 he was resident in Peacham. In this city he was also active as a town clerk between 1785 and 1797 . He was also on the local council for twelve years.

Chamberlain was a member of the Federalist Party . Between 1785 and 1808 he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives several times . From 1786 to 1796 Chamberlain was also justice of the peace in his home parish. In 1791 he was a delegate to the Vermont Constituent Assembly. Chamberlain was also a member of the Vermont Militia, where he made it to major general in 1799. In 1795 he became an associate judge in the District Court in Caledonia County ; thereafter he was presiding judge at the same court from 1796 to 1803. Chamberlain was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Caledonia County Grammar School from 1795 until his death , from 1813 he was President of this Board of Trustees. From 1796 to 1803 he was also a State Councilor in his home state. In 1800 Chamberlain was one of the federal electorates in the presidential election . He voted for incumbent President John Adams , who was not re-elected.

In 1802 Chamberlain was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the newly created Third District of Vermont . There he was able to complete a legislative period between March 4, 1803 and March 3, 1805. For the next two terms, James Fisk represented his district in Congress . After he was re-elected to Congress in the 1808 elections, Chamberlain was able to spend another term in the US House of Representatives between March 4, 1809 and March 3, 1811.

Between 1813 and 1815 Chamberlain was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont under Governor Martin Chittenden . In 1814 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Vermont constitution. He was married to Jenny E. Eastman (1762-1830), with whom he had seven children.

Web links

• William Chamberlain in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• William Chamberlain in the database of Find a Grave (English)