Chester W. Chapin

Chester William Chapin ( born December 16, 1798 in Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, † June 10, 1883 in Springfield, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Chester Chapin attended the common schools and the Westfield Academy. He was then engaged in trade. He operated several stagecoach lines and was also in the freight and passenger traffic with steam ships operate. Later he went into the railroad business and became director and president at various regional railway companies. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1853 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1874 Chapin was in the eleventh electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry L. Dawes on March 4, 1875. Since he has not been confirmed in 1876, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1877. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Chester Chapin took his previous activities on again. He died on 10 June 1883 in Springfield, where he was also buried.