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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaAbsalom Harris CHAPPELL
(1801-1878)
CHAPPELL, Absalom Harris,
(cousin of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar), a Representative from
Georgia; born at Mount Zion, Hancock County, Ga., December 18,
1801; attended the local academy at Mount Zion, and was graduated
from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in
1821; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice
in Sandersville, Washington County, Ga.; moved to Forsyth, Ga., in
1824 and practiced; member of the State senate in 1832 and 1833;
served in the State house of representatives 1834-1839; moved to
Macon, Ga., in 1836 and continued the practice of law; delegate to
the Knoxville convention in 1836; promoter of the Monroe Railroad;
appointed on the board of commissioners to arrange a State finance
system in 1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative-elect
John B. Lamar and served from October 2, 1843, to March 3, 1845;
was not a candidate for renomination in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth
Congress; member of the State senate in 1845, serving as president;
resumed the practice of law; moved to Columbus, Ga., in 1857 and
continued the practice of law; also engaged in literary pursuits;
affiliated with the Democratic Party; delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1865 and again in 1877; also a
delegate to the Conservative convention at Macon in 1867; died in
Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., December 11, 1878; interment in
Linwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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