William Chamberlain (politician)

William Chamberlain ( * April 27, 1755 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, † September 27, 1828 in Peacham, Vermont ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1805, and 1809-1811, he was the third election district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Chamberlain attended the public schools of his home. In 1774 he moved with his father to Loudon, New Hampshire. During the Revolutionary War he was a Sergeant in the Continental Army. Later he was engaged in farming and dealt with the land surveying. Since 1780, he has been resident in Peacham. In this city he worked 1785-1797 as a ratchet driver ( Town Clerk ). In addition, he was twelve years in the city council of this place.

Chamberlain was a member of the Federalist Party. Between 1785 and 1808 he was several times as a delegate in the House of Representatives from Vermont. From 1786 to 1796, Chamberlain was also justice of the peace in his home town. In 1791 he was a delegate at the Constitutional Convention of Vermont in part. Chamberlain was also a member of the militia of Vermont, where he rose to 1799 to major general. In 1795 he was associate judge in the District Court in Caledonia County; after which he was chairman from 1796 to 1803 at the same court judge. Chamberlain was from 1795 until his death in Board of Trustees of Caledonia County Grammar School, since 1813, he was President of this Board of Trustees. From 1796 to 1803 he was also a Council of State (State Councilor ) in his home state. In 1800, Chamberlain was one of the federalist electors in the presidential elections. He voted for the incumbent president John Adams, who was not re-elected.

1802 Chamberlain was in the newly created third district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he was able to complete a term of between 4 March 1803 and 3 March 1805. In the following two terms to be borough of James Fisk was represented in Congress. After he was elected to Congress again in the elections of 1808, Chamberlain was able to spend between March 4th 1809 and March 3, 1811, a further term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Between 1813 and 1815, Chamberlain was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont under Governor Martin Chittenden. In 1814 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Vermont. He was married to Jenny E. Eastman (1762-1830), with whom he had seven children.