Horace Chapman (politician)
{{short description|19th century American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name = Horace Chapman
|state = Wisconsin
|state_assembly = Wisconsin
|district = Racine 1st
| term_start = January 7, 1850
| term_end = January 6, 1851
| predecessor = Marshall Strong
| successor = William L. Utley
|birth_date = {{birth date|1811|2|26}}
|birth_place = Becket, Massachusetts, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1884|2|6|1811|2|26}}
|death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
|restingplace = Oak Hill Cemetery, {{nowrap|Washington, D.C.}}
|spouse = {{marriage|Frances Sophia Robinson|1864|1884}}
|children = 1
}}
Horace Nelson Chapman (February 26, 1811{{spnd}}February 6, 1884) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the city of Racine as a member of the Free Soil Party during the 1850 session.[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 37] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209014416/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |date=2006-12-09 }}''Journal of the Assembly of the Third Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, Held at Madison, Beginning on the Ninth Day of January, and ending the Eleventh Day of February, A. D. 1850. Madison: David T. Dickson−State Printer, 1850; p. 5{{cite news|title=In Assembly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2506772/horace_n_chapman/|newspaper=Wisconsin Democrat|date=January 12, 1850|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 29, 2015 }} {{Open access}}
Background
Chapman was originally from Becket, Massachusetts.Holland, Josiah Gilbert. History of western Massachusetts. The counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire. Embracing an outline aspects and leading interests, and separate histories of its one hundred towns Springfield, Massachusetts: S. Bowles and Company, 1855; pp. 475-76
In Wisconsin
In April 1843, he was appointed by the Governor and Council of Massachusetts as a "Commissioner to Administer Oaths, &c." for use back in the Commonwealth; he was already a resident of Racine."Appointments by the Governor and Council" Boston Post April 18, 1843; p. 2, col. 2
Chapman was a delegate from Racine at the Chicago River and Harbor Convention of 1847.[http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/file.php?file=mosleyhall.html Hall, William Mosley; Wentworth, John; Smith, Samuel Lisle; Greely, Horace; Weed, Thurlow; Thomas, Jesse B.; Barton, James L. Chicago River-and-Harbor Convention: An Account of Its Origin and Proceedings, Together With Statistics Concerning Chicago Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1882; p. 66] The convention drew 2,315 delegates from 19 states to advocate for federal support of improvements to inland rivers and harbors.
In November 1847 he was among the officers of the first Masonic Lodge to be organized in Racine County.Stone, Fanny, supervising editor. Racine, Belle City of the lakes, and Racine County, Wisconsin: A record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement Vol. 1. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916; pp. 336-37
Legislative service
In 1849, he was elected to the Assembly from the 1st Racine County district (the Town of Racine), succeeding fellow Free Soiler Marshall Strong. He was not re-elected in 1850, and was succeeded by William L. Utley, yet another Free Soiler.
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Category:People from Becket, Massachusetts
Category:Politicians from Racine, Wisconsin
Category:Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Wisconsin Free Soilers
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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