Absalom Harris Chappell (December 18, 1801 – December 11, 1878) was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the
Georgia House of Representatives,
Georgia Senate, and
U.S. House of Representatives. He was a slaveholder.
Biography
Absalom Harris Chappell was born on December 18, 1801 in
Mount Zion, Georgia, the oldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Harris Chappell. He attended the
University of Georgia in
Athens in 1820; however, he did not graduate from the school. Chappell continued the study of law under the tutelage of
Augustin Smith Clayton, passed the state bar exam, and became a practicing lawyer.
Chappell was elected as to the
Georgia Senate in 1832 and 1833 and served in the
Georgia House of Representatives from 1834 through 1839. Upon the resignation of Representative-elect
John B. Lamar, Chappell was elected as his replacement in the
U.S. House of Representatives in 1843 and served in that position until 1845 when he did not seek re-election. Chappell was subsequently elected to one more term as a state senator in 1845 and served as the president of that body.
In 1842, he married Loretto Rebecca Lamar, the younger sister of Judge
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (I)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (July 15, 1797 – July 4, 1834) was an attorney and jurist in his native Georgia. His son Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II followed him into law and was appointed from Mississippi as a U.S. Supreme Court Ju ...
and
Mirabeau B. Lamar, second President of Texas. The Chappells had five children who survived to adulthood. Their four sons had prominent careers, one as a president of normal schools and another as a state legislator.
Chappell died in
Columbus, Georgia on December 11, 1878 and was buried in
Linwood Cemetery (also known as Old City Cemetery) in that same city.
References
''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949 p.188*
William J. Northen
William Jonathan Northen (July 9, 1835 – March 25, 1913), was the 54th Governor of Georgia from 1890 to 1894, as well as a leading Baptist minister. Northen was president of the Georgia Baptist Convention from 1892 to 1910, and president o ...
,
Men of Mark in Georgia', A. B. Caldwell, 1912, p. 285.
"Lamar-Chappell Collection (MC 1)Historical Note" Columbus State University
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1801 births
1878 deaths
People from Carroll County, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
University of Georgia people
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
American slave owners
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers
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