Graham Hurd Chapin (February 10, 1799 – September 8, 1843) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1835 to 1837.

Biography

Born in

Salisbury, Connecticut Salisbury () is a New England town, town situated in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The town is the northwesternmost in the state of Connecticut; the Connecticut-Massachusetts-New York tri-state marker is located at the northwest ...

, Chapin moved to

Lyons, New York Lyons is a town in and the county seat of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 5,682 at the 2010 census. It is named after Lyon, France.

in 1817. He graduated from

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in 1819. He studied law.

Legal career

He was

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in 1823 and practiced in Lyons. Surrogate of Wayne County from 1826 to 1833.

Political career

He served as district attorney of Wayne County in 1829 and 1830. He moved to

Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in and the county seat, seat of government of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New York, fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a populati ...

, in 1833 and continued the practice of law.

Congress

Chapin was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837).

Death

He died in

Mount Morris, New York Mount Morris is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,465 at the 2010 census. The town and village were named after Robert Morris, an 18th Century slave trader and Founding Father of the United States. T ...

, September 8, 1843.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapin, Graham Hurd 1799 births 1843 deaths Yale College alumni Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Salisbury, Connecticut People from Lyons, New York Politicians from Rochester, New York People from Mount Morris, New York Wayne County district attorneys 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives