Isaac C. Bates

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Isaac Chapman Bates

| image =IsaacBates.jpg

| state2 =Massachusetts

| district2 =8th

| term_start2 =March 4, 1827

| term_end2 =March 3, 1835

| preceded2 =Samuel Lathrop

| succeeded2 =William B. Calhoun

| order1 =United States Senator
from Massachusetts

| term_start1 =January 13, 1841

| term_end1 =March 16, 1845

| predecessor1 =John Davis

| successor1 =John Davis

| office3 =Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

| term3 =1808–1809

| birth_date ={{birth date|1779|1|23}}

| birth_place =Granville, Massachusetts, US

| death_date ={{death date and age|1845|3|16|1779|1|23}}

| death_place =Washington, D.C., US

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| party =Federalist
Whig

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| alma_mater =Yale College

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| profession =Law

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Isaac Chapman Bates (January 23, 1779{{spaced ndash}}March 16, 1845) was an American politician from Massachusetts.

He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1808.

Political career

= Massachusetts House of Representatives=

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1808–1809).

= United States House of Representatives=

Bates was elected to the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835), where he was an Anti-Jacksonian. He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Military Pensions in the Twenty-first Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1834.

=United States Senate=

He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1841, caused by the resignation of John Davis and on the same day elected for the term commencing March 4, 1841, and served from January 13, 1841, until his death. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.