Nathaniel Chipman

Nathaniel Chipman (* November 15, 1752 in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, † February 13, 1843 in Tinmouth, Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician ( Federalist Party), who represented the state of Vermont in the U.S. Senate.

As a boy, Nathaniel Chipman received private lessons. He earned a degree in 1777 from Yale College; During this time he also served in the Continental Army and fought in the War of Independence. Until 1778, he held the rank of Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Connecticut. After the end of his military career Chipman studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1779 and commenced practice in Tinmouth (Rutland County). From 1784 to 1785 he held his first political office as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from Vermont. 1786, he was judge of the Vermont Supreme Court, whose chairman in 1789. Between 1791 and 1894 he was a judge at the Federal District Court for the District of Vermont; In 1796 he was again Chief Justice of Vermont.

As a U.S. Senator Isaac Tichenor on October 17, 1797 resigned to accept the office of the Governor of Vermont, Chipman was elected to succeed him in Congress. He remained there until March 3, 1803 and failed in the attempt to re-election. From 1806 to 1811 he was then again the state House of Representatives to before 1813 to 1815 was followed by a final period of office as chief justice of Vermont.

Nathaniel Chipmans younger brother Daniel was of Vermont from 1815 to 1816 in the U.S. House of Representatives, which his grandson John Logan Chipman of 1887 belonged until 1893 for Michigan.