Charles Clarke Chapman

Supported Union during Civil War and gave speeches for Union.
Charles Clarke Chapman
Birth: Jun. 21, 1799
Newtown, Fairfield County, CT
Death: Aug. 7, 1869
Hartford, CT
Was a US Congressman. Elected to represent Connecticut's 1st Districtin the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to1853. Also served as a Member of the Connecticut State Legislature.

From Litchfield, CT Historical Society
Charles Chapman
Gender:Male
Born:June 21, 1799
Died:August 7, 1869
Home Town:Newtown, CT
Later Residences:New Haven, CT and Hartford, CT
Biographical Notes: Charles Chapman was the son of Litchfield LawSchool student Asa Chapman and Mary Perry Chapman. After beingadmitted to the bar, he began a practice in New Haven, CT but moved toHartford, CT in 1832. He had a large legal practice and established areputation as an excellent criminal lawyer. He died in Hartford, CT.
Education Years at LLS:1818
Profession: Lawyer; Political Office
Admitted To Bar: Connecticut in 1820
Training with Other Lawyers: After attending the Litchfield Law SchoolCharles completed his law studies with Chief Justice Williams.
Political Party: Whig
Federal Posts: U.S. Attorney for the District of CT (CT) 1841-1848
U.S. Representative (CT) 1851-1853
State Posts: State Representative (CT) 1840, 1847-1848, 1862, 1864

Sources:Houghton, Josiah. "LLS Law Notebook 1817-1818." Litchfield LawSchool Collection, Series 1, Subseries 1, Litchfield HistoricalSociety.; Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School (Hartford, CT: Pressof Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849), 15.
Secondary Sources:Loomis, Hon. Dwight and J. Gilbert Calhoun, TheJudicial and Civil History of Connecticut. Boston: The Boston HistoryCompany, Publishers, 1895.; Chapman, Rev. F.W.The Chapman Family.Hartford, Conn.: Case, Tiffany & Co., 1854.; Cothren, William. Historyof Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut. From the First Indian Deed in 1659to 1879. Woodbury, CT: William Cothren, 1879.