Pleasant T. Chapman

Pleasant Thomas Chapman ( * October 8, 1854 in Vienna, Illinois, † January 31, 1931 ) was an American politician. Between 1905 and 1911 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Pleasant Chapman attended the public schools of his native land and from then until 1876, the McKendree College in Lebanon. In the following years he worked as a teacher. Between 1877 and 1882 he was in the Johnson County Board of Education. After a subsequent law degree in 1878 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began practicing in Vienna in this profession. Chapman has been renowned in the banking industry and was active in agriculture itself. From 1882 to 1890 he also served as a district judge in Johnson County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. From 1890 to 1902 he was a member of the Illinois Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1904 Chapman was in the 24th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat James R. Williams on March 4, 1905. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1911 three legislative periods. In 1910 he was not re-affirmed. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Chapman again worked as a lawyer. He was still in the banking industry and in agriculture. In June 1924 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in part in Cleveland, was nominated to the President Calvin Coolidge for re-election. He died on January 31, 1931 in his hometown of Vienna.