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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaCHAPMAN, Reuben
(1799—1882)
CHAPMAN, Reuben, a Representative from Alabama; born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., July 15, 1799; attended an academy in Virginia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Somerville, Morgan County, Ala.; member of the State senate 1832-1835; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Democrat to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1847); was not a candidate for renomination in 1846, having become a gubernatorial candidate; Governor of Alabama 1847-1849; member of the State house of representatives in 1855; delegate to the Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1860; was a representative of the Confederacy to France 1862-1865; resumed the practice of law; died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., May 16, 1882; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Chapman, Reuben. Speech of Hon. R. Chapman, of Alabama, on the bill to protect the rights of American settlers in Oregon. Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 17, 1846
. [Washington?: N.p., 1846].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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