John Grant Chapman

John Grant Chapman ( born July 5, 1798 in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland, † December 10, 1856 in Charles County ) was an American politician. Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Chapman was the father of Congressman Andrew Grant Chapman ( 1839-1892 ). He was educated at home and then attended until 1813 a college in Pennsylvania. Then he studied until 1817 at Yale College. After a subsequent law degree in 1819 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Port Tobacco Village to work in this profession. In addition, he worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1824 and 1832, as well as in the years 1843 to 1844 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland. He was 1826-1829 and in 1844 president of the house. From 1832 to 1836 Chapman was a member of the State Senate, he served as its president since 1833. Chapman was also a member of the state militia. Mid-1830s he joined the Whig Party was founded at that time. In 1844 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Governor of Maryland.

In the congressional elections of 1844 Chapman was the first electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Causin on March 4, 1845. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1849 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War. Since 1847, Chapman was chairman of the Committee for the administration of the Federal District District of Columbia.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Chapman practiced as a lawyer again. In 1851, he led the Assembly to revise the Constitution of Maryland. He died on 10 December 1856, on the estate of his sister in Charles County and was buried in his birthplace of La Plata.