Chapman Freeman

Chapman Freeman ( born October 8, 1832 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † March 22, 1904 in Strafford, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Chapman Freeman attended both public and private schools of his home. In 1850 he graduated from the Philadelphia High School. He then worked in retail. In the years 1863 and 1864, he served during the Civil War as paymaster in the U.S. Navy. For health reasons, he had to acknowledge early military service. After a subsequent law degree in 1867 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Philadelphia in this profession. In 1873 he participated at the World Exhibition in Vienna as a delegate of the city of Philadelphia. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1874 Freeman was the first electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat Samuel J. Randall on March 4, 1875. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1879 two legislative sessions. In 1878 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Chapman Freeman withdrew from politics. He died on March 22, 1904 in Strafford.