Absalom Harris Chappell (December 18, 1801 – December 11, 1878) was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the

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, and

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. He was a slaveholder.

Biography

Absalom Harris Chappell was born on December 18, 1801, in

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, the oldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Harris Chappell. He attended the

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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

in 1832 and 1833 and served in the

from 1834 through 1839. Upon the resignation of Representative-elect

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, Chappell was elected as his replacement in the

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) 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

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, 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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