Alfred C. Chapin

Alfred Clark Chapin ( born March 8, 1848 in South Hadley, Massachusetts, † October 2, 1936 in Montreal, Canada) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented in the years 1891 and 1892 the New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Alfred Clark Chapin was born in the last year of the Mexican - American War in South Hadley. He attended public and private schools. He graduated in 1869 from Williams College in Williamstown and 1871 at Harvard Law School. After receiving his license to practice law in 1872, he began practicing in New York City. At that time he lived in Brooklyn. In the years 1882 and 1883 he sat in the New York State Assembly, where he served as Speaker last year. In 1884, he was New York State Comptroller, a position which he held until 1887. Then he was 1888-1891 Mayor of the then independent city of Brooklyn. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. He was born on November 3, 1891 in the second electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, there to fill the vacancy that was created by the resignation of David A. Boody. On 16 November 1892 he resigned himself. Between 1892 and 1897 he was a railroad commissioner of New York. Then he went back to his work as a lawyer after and was financially involved in various activities. He died on October 2, 1936 during a visit to Montreal and was then buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

His grandson is Congressman Hamilton Fish IV ( 1926-1996 ).