John William Chapman

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox Lt Governor

| name = John William Chapman

| image = John William Chapman 1953 (3x4).jpg

| caption = official portrait, 1953

| order = 37th

| office = Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

| term_start = January 12, 1953

| term_end = January 9, 1961

| governor = William Stratton

| predecessor = Sherwood Dixon

| successor = Samuel H. Shapiro

| office2 = Member of the Chicago City Council
from the 40th Ward

| term_start2 = 1927

| term_end2 = 1929

| predecessor2 = Christ A. Jensen

| successor2 = Joseph C. Ross

| birth_date = September 8, 1894

| birth_place = Crete, Nebraska, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|08|17|1894|09|08}}

| death_place = Broward County, Florida, U.S.

| party = Republican

| profession = Attorney and Politician

| spouse = Eva Richolson

| footnotes =

}}

File:John William Chapman circa 1927 (1).jpg

John William Chapman (September 8, 1894{{spaced ndash}} August 17, 1978) was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Chapman was born in Crete, Nebraska September 8, 1894. Chapman attended Public school in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1915 and received a Juris Doctor from University of Chicago Law School in 1917. He entered private practice in Chicago in the 1920s until he moved to Springfield, Illinois in 1941. In 1927, he was elected an Alderman on the Chicago City Council for the 40th ward and served for one term before losing to Joseph C. Ross in 1929.{{cite web |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |website=Chicago Historical Society |access-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }} He served as executive secretary to Illinois Governor Dwight H. Green from 1941 to 1949. In 1941 he was appointed to the Illinois Parole Board serving until March 1950. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and served from 1953 to 1961. He died August 17, 1978, in Broward County, FloridaState of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 and was cremated.