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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsChauncey Langdon KNAPP
(1809-1898)
KNAPP, Chauncey Langdon, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Berlin, Vt., February
26, 1809; completed preparatory studies; learned the art of
printing and engaged in newspaper work in Montpelier; for a number
of years was coproprietor and editor of the State Journal;
secretary of state of Vermont 1836-1849; moved to Massachusetts and
located in Lowell; editor of the Lowell News and other papers;
secretary of the state senate in 1851; elected as a candidate of
the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a
Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3,
1859); editor of the Lowell Daily Citizen 1859-1882; died in
Lowell, Mass., May 31, 1898; interment in Lowell Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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