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John Chapman (congressman)

John Chapman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799
Preceded by Samuel Sitgreaves
John Richards
Succeeded by Peter Muhlenberg
Robert Brown
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1787-1796
Personal details
Born (1740-10-18)October 18, 1740
Wrightstown, Pennsylvania
Died January 27, 1800(1800-01-27) (aged 59)
Political party Federalist

John Chapman (October 18, 1740 – January 27, 1800) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John Chapman was born in Wrightstown Township, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned justice of the peace February 25, 1779, and was one of the justices commissioned judge of the court of common pleas of Bucks County the same year. He moved to Upper Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, prior to 1776. He was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly from 1787 to 1796.

Chapman was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress. He died in Upper Makefield in 1800. Interment in the Friends’ Burying Ground in Wrightstown Township, Pennsylvania.



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