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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VermontNathaniel CHIPMAN
(1752-1843)
Senate Years of Service:
1797-1803Party: FederalistCHIPMAN, Nathaniel,
(brother of Daniel Chipman and grandfather of John Logan Chipman),
a Senator from Vermont; born in Salisbury, Conn., November 15,
1752; privately tutored; received his degree from Yale College in
1777 while in the Army; served as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary
War; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1779 and commenced
practice in Tinmouth, Vt.; member, State house of representatives
1784-1785; elected as judge of the State supreme court in 1786 and
chosen chief justice in 1789; judge of the United States District
Court 1791-1794; again elected chief justice of the State supreme
court in 1796; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Isaac Tichenor and
served from October 17, 1797, until March 3, 1803; unsuccessful
candidate for reelection; member, State house of representatives
1806-1811; chief justice of Vermont 1813-1815; died in Tinmouth,
Vt., February 13, 1843; interment in the Tinmouth Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Chipman, Daniel. Life of Honorable Nathaniel
Chipman with Selections from His Miscellaneous Papers. Boston:
C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1846; Chipman, Nathaniel. Principles
of Government, A Treatise on Free Institutions Including the
Constitution of the United States. 1833. Reprint. New York: Da
Capo Press, 1970.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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