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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | John Grant Chapman |
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La Plata, Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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July 05, 1798
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| Died | December 10, 1856
(58 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Jan 05, 2015 09:26pm |
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| Info | was tutored at home; attended a college in Pennsylvania in 1812 and 1813 and was graduated from Yale College in 1817; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md.; also interested in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of delegates from 1824 to 1832 and from 1843 to 1844, serving as speaker 1826-1829 and again in 1844; member, State senate, 1832-1836, serving as president of that body from 1833 to 1836; served in the State militia; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maryland in 1844; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Thirtieth Congress); resumed the practice of law at Port Tobacco, Md.; president of the State constitutional convention in 1851
Permanent Chairman of the Whig National Convention, 1852
Died on his sister's estate, "Waverly," on the Wicomico River, Charles County, Md.
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