Julius Caesar Chappelle ( – January 27, 1904) was an American Republican Party politician who was born into
slavery
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in
South Carolina
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and served in the
Massachusetts General Court
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. He was a leading figure of Boston's black community from 1870 until his death.
["Hon. Julius Caesar Chappelle," ''The Cleveland Gazette,'' front page, December 25, 1886.]["Had Long Been Ill: Death of Ex-Representative Julius Caesar Chappelle, A Negro Well Known in Republican Politics." ''Boston Daily Globe'', page 7, January 28, 1904.]
He was the first African-American to serve on the Massachusetts Republican State Committee
["HONOR FOR MR. CHAPPELLE: West End Republicans at a Big Feast," ''Boston Globe'',, 23 Jan 1892.] and an active supporter of civil rights and consumer protection. His speeches were frequently covered by newspapers.
[Obituary, "Julius C. Chappelle", ''The Cleveland Gazette'', front page, February 13, 1904.]
Early life and education
Julius Caesar Chappelle was born into slavery to an enslaved mother in 1852 at Chappelle's Landing, a plantation in
Newberry County, South Carolina
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. He was classified as a "
mulatto
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," of
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, with African-European ancestry.
["Hon. Julius Caesar Chappelle", ''The Cleveland Gazette'', front page, Saturday, December 25, 1886.]
There is evidence that during very early childhood Julius Chappelle and at least one of his brothers may have been moved from South Carolina to two other plantations in different states before being brought back to
Newberry County
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. During slavery, it was often common for plantation owners to break up families and move them to different plantations of the same owner in order to stop possible uprisings.
Chapelle was 13 years old when slavery was abolished following the end of the American Civil War. He studied at an academy for black students in nearby
Edgefield.
[Obituary, "Chappelle Ends Notable Career", ''The Boston Herald'', p. 14, February 28, 1904.]
During Chappelle's childhood, South Carolina was an area of white resistance to Reconstruction and the rights of former slaves. Insurgent groups were active in trying to maintain
white supremacy
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. The
Ku Klux Klan
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had numerous chapters that attacked freedmen to maintain white supremacy and establish dominance. Due to the severity of the insurgents' attacks, in 1871
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ordered the
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into nine counties in South Carolina, declaring
martial law
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in order to suppress the
Ku Klux Klan
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. The KKK usually raided towns, as many towns in South Carolina such as the Town of Newberry were abolitionist, whereas the slave plantation areas were not.
LaVilla, Florida
Around 1869, Chappelle moved to Florida to help establish the black community of
LaVilla
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, today a neighborhood of
Jacksonville
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.
[Death Notice "Mr. Lewis Chappelle Dead", ''The Freeman (An Illustrated Colored Newspaper)'' (Indianapolis, Indiana), February 18, 1905, page 5.]
Boston
In November 1870, the young Julius Chappelle moved to
Boston
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.
["Julius C. Chappelle," ''The New York Freeman'', front page, November 13, 1886.] The city was then known for its thriving black community and attracted many migrants from Southern states in the 19th century.
In Boston, he continued his studies and graduated from high school.
He found work as a custodial engineer for the ''
Boston Herald
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'' newspaper, staying with them for 13 years. He later worked as building superintendent at a
United States Post Office
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and at the United States
Boston Custom House
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.
Political and civil rights career
Early involvement
Lewis Hayden
Lewis Hayden (December 2, 1811 – April 7, 1889) escaped slavery in Kentucky with his family and reached Canada. He established a school for African Americans before moving to Boston, Massachusetts. There he became an Abolitionism in the United ...
helped bring Chappelle into the Republican Party and started him out giving him the task to register people to vote. Chappelle was quite successful at it, and was known for his neat appearance as he also learned the barber's trade when in
Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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.
Newspapers described Chappelle as having a brisk walk and as being well spoken. Boston's ''
Sunday Herald
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'' in 1886 that Chappelle was thought of as an "
Adonis
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" by the African-American community.
Massachusetts General Court
In the early 1880s, he was nominated as a
Republican candidate for the state legislature from Boston's Ninth Ward, including the
Beacon Hill area, and was elected for four terms from 1883 to 1886. He became one of the early prominent African-American legislators.
The Ninth Ward was also called the
Ninth Suffolk district and was composed of 2,800 voters in 1886. ''The Boston Globe'' described the Ward as extremely diverse both ethnically and economically: "There is not another ward in the whole town that so completely embraces all the grades of society. On the voting lists of one precinct are few voting names that do not bear the Celtic stamp, while another precinct is composed entirely of colored men. Then there is the precinct where the voters are mostly of the middle walk, where still in another the most pretentious people of Boston are still in control."
Upon his election, Republican legislators tried to prevent Chappelle from having an actual chair in the General Court by pinning the name of a white Republican on his chair, forcing Chappelle to find another "out-of the way" chair to sit in. Though this incident was not without precedent, it was considered a mark of hypocrisy by the otherwise pro-black Republican Party. The next day, the Republican caucus issued a statement denouncing the story and claiming it was the prerogative of Chappelle's defeated opponent to bequeath his chair to whom he chose. In the House, Chappelle served on committees for the "Federal relations and engrossed bill," and "Public Land and State House."
In 1883, Chappelle introduced a bill to stop exploitative
chain gang
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s in the South.
Chappelle staunchly supported expanding the federal
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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to prohibit race discrimination in public settings, stating "It is on the principle of rights that belong to us that we want this bill passed and public places thrown open." He promoted African-American civil rights, and worked on
consumer affairs
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issues.
[Kazuteru Omori, “Race-Neutral Individualism and Resurgence of the Color Line: Massachusetts Civil Rights Legislation, 1855-1895,” ''Journal of American Ethnic History'', pp. 32-58. Vol. 22, No. 1 (Fall, 2002). University of Illinois Press, on behalf of the Immigration & Ethnic History Society, accessed 19 May 2014.](_blank)
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Elections
= 1882
=
When Chappelle was nominated to the Massachusetts General Court
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, he was opposed by other African-American candidates. An elected African-American secretary in his own party said that he had been elected by fraud. The charges against Chappelle were proven untrue with a recount of two times. The ''New York Globe'' wrote, "Chappelle will, in the opinion of many white and colored voters, be elected in spite of such mean tricks."
In 1882, Chappelle succeeded John F. Andrew (son of Governor John Albion Andrew
John Albion Andrew (May 31, 1818 – October 30, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He was elected in 1860 as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led the state's contributions to ...
) and defeated Democrat Brooks Adams
Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (June 24, 1848 – February 13, 1927) was an American attorney, historian, political scientist and a critic of capitalism.
Early life and education
Adams was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on June 24, 1848, son of C ...
(great-grandson of President John Adams
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).
= 1884 recount
=
In 1884, Chappelle narrowly defeated Democrat Charles Albert Prince, son of Boston Mayor Frederick O. Prince, in a highly contested election.
The original count was 831 votes for Julius C. Chappelle and 800 for Prince. However, a recount was "done in a "hurried manner by the Board of Alderman" without Chappelle's knowledge or presence, and it showed 730 votes for Chappelle and 815 votes for Prince.
Upon hearing the recount tally, Chappelle declared the recount illegal and petitioned the House of Representatives stating that the Board refused to recount 51 votes for Chappelle that were "effaced" by stickers in the area where "for Representative" was located, and that the original vote tally should remain. Prince later conceded the election to Chappelle. Prince stated that the stickers affected both candidates, and Prince no longer wanted the seat as it seemed that the sticker issue caused Prince the dismay of not wanting to partake in politics mentioning in his resignation letter that ". . .the stickers for one of the candidates for senator were either so broad or so carelessly pasted upon the ballot that it covered the title of the vote for representative printed beneath thereon. Both Mr. Chappelle and myself were sufferers by reason thereof . . . "["Fighting for a Couple of Seats: Chappelle Probably to be Counted In. Colonel Splaine gets a Recount." ''Boston Daily Globe'', page 6, January 16, 1885.][""Reform is necessary: Said Mr. Cross, but the House Heeded Him Not. Mr. Chappelle comes out ahead, and Mr. Prince Expresses his Views. A Confidential Message which was Confidential Indeed." ''Boston Daily Globe'', page 5, Jan 17, 1885.]
= 1885
=
In 1885, the ''Daily Globe'' reported "Julius C. Chappelle, who enjoys immensely that distinction of being the first colored man to sit for so long a period on Beacon Hill" where the staunch Republican Chappelle was mentioned within a column devoted mainly to Democrats. Chappelle's new running mate Henry Parkman did not strongly support his re-election, but Chappelle was re-elected regardless, defeating Robert Hooper, the son of Congressman Samuel Hooper
Samuel Hooper (February 3, 1808 – February 14, 1875) was a businessman and member of Congress from Massachusetts.
Early life
Hooper was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father, Robert Hooper, was a shipping merchant and later served a ...
.
Retirement from General Court
In 1886, Chappelle was opposed for renomination by African-American City Councilman William O. Armstrong. Though Chappelle was strongly urged to run for a fifth term, he retired.["Among Colored Republicans," The Sunday Herald, page 4, Sunday, October 24, 1886, Boston, Massachusetts.]
Republican State Committee
Chappelle served three one-year terms on the state committee of the Massachusetts Republican Party, representing Boston's Fifth Ward from 1889. In his third term the president of the state committee in Boston, Massachusetts and was the first African-American in this position. He was active in the Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the List of state capitols in the United States, state capitol and seat of government for the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, lo ...
politics of that time.
Chappelle also served as an alternate delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention in Chicago
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.[Obituary, "Julius C. Chappelle," ''The Cleveland Gazette'', front page. February 13, 1904.]
Post-legislative career
In 1886, Chappelle was appointed as an Inspector at Elections.
In early August 1890, Chappelle spoke about the right of blacks to vote in every United States state, to an "enthusiastic" meeting in Boston's Faneuil Hall
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to support the Federal Elections Bill:"I regret the occasion of such a meeting as this for the reason that the principles of this bill were placed upon the Republican platform when we nominated our present President, and who, in this message to Congress, recommended the principles of such a measure. We hear through the Independent and Democratic press that there is a sufficient number of weak-kneed Republicans to defeat the passage of this bill and am pleased to find so many of our leading business men willing to support it. These same independent papers seem to be in direct opposition to anything that will tend to give the Negro a fair chance. In the days of slavery, they were opposed to freedom and are now opposed to our obtaining our rights. This bill should have passed 25 years ago. We would not have been subjected to the treatment received now. The North and South have always had trouble and will continue to do so until every man has his rights. The vote of the Negro must be counted with as much honesty in South Carolina as any white man's in Massachusetts."
Criticisms of Republican Party
After serving in political office, Chappelle tried to obtain an appointed position in Washington, D.C.
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, but he was not considered or mentioned for a position. Massachusetts Senators Henry L. Dawes
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and George Frisbie Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician, represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 until his death in 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politic ...
were criticized for not doing more to gain political appointments for the several African-American office holders in Massachusetts. It was said that the white Republican Senators did not mention any African-Americans politicians to President Benjamin Harrison
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, even though they all campaigned for Harrison in 1888.
In 1892, Chappelle expressed concern that the new white Republican Party of Massachusetts
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as not being as generous as the older white abolitionist Republican Party. At his retirement party from the Republican State committee, he commented then that the new white Republicans would under-employ African-Americans as janitors instead of building superintendents or other better positions, and that African-American youth would feel stuck in a rut. Chappelle also argued that diminished business stature would lead to diminished political stature, as political strength was at least partly dependent on the patronage system
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of the time.
At the Fraternal Association's 22nd annual banquet held that year at the Quincy House, Chappelle mentioned, "I have seen that Massachusetts is no longer a safe State for Republicans," and mentioned that men of color in public office were not receiving positions as even messengers at the State House.
Opposition to Prohibition
During the 1890s, some African American activists in Boston supported enacting policies against the commercial sale of alcohol, and the Prohibition Party tried to win over those voters in Massachusetts. Chappelle's friend, African-American Boston City Councillor William Oscar Armstrong
William Oscar Armstrong (March 10, 1847 – May 22, 1932) was an American politician who was the first black candidate for statewide office in Massachusetts. He previously represented Ward 9 in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the ...
, was their chief organizer. Armstrong was later the first black man ever nominated for Massachusetts state office, when he ran for Auditor on the Prohibition ticket in 1891.
Armstrong's efforts to recruit African-American voters were opposed by Chappelle. In 1891, the ''Boston Daily Globe'' reported that, "It is understood by colored men that the campaign for colored men is left entirely in the hands of Mr. Chappelle and he is after the Armstrong men. Everywhere the Armstrong people hold meetings there, a night or so after, are the Chappelle men." The article also reads that the Armstrong men denied being associated with the Democratic Party.
In 1895, Chappelle was appointed to a committee of the Douglass Club to lobby for liquor licenses to be granted to African-American business owners.
Personal life
Chappelle married Elizabeth "Eugenia" Chappelle, and they had a daughter named Lillian.
Julius's brothers Lewis and Mitchell were both prominent members of LaVilla society. Mitchell served as Mayor of LaVilla from 1874 to 1876 and a Duval County Justice of the Peace.[''Florida Black Public Officials (Black Officials La Villa)'', 1867-1924, University of Alabama Press (1998)] Lewis was a prominent construction contractor and served as a LaVilla councilman from 1875 to 1877.
Julius's nephew Pat Chappelle
Patrick Henry Chappelle (January 7, 1869 – October 21, 1911),Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff''Ragged But Right: Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs, and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz'' University Press of Mississippi, 2009, pp. 248-268. (son of Lewis) owned The Rabbit's Foot Company
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, a leading vaudeville show, and was known as the "black P.T. Barnum
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." Julius introduced his nephew Pat to entertainment promoters in Boston. Along with his brothers Lewis II and James, Pat ran the Buckingham Theatre and Saloon in Tampa, Florida.
In mid-January 1898, Chappelle was falsely accused by an African-American porter of buying stolen shoes and was acquitted after approximately a month.
Social life
Chappelle, often accompanied by his wife Eugenia, was a staple at many social gatherings during and after his time in office.
Julius C. Chappelle and his wife attended the popular "6th Annual Ball of Headwaiters of Young's Hotel " at Horticultural Hall in 1883.
In 1886, the prestigious Massachusetts Club inducted Chappelle and Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most impor ...
(though Douglass was only an honorary member). According to a ''Cleveland Gazette'' 1886 report, Chappelle was also the only African-American full member of the club. Both accepted their membership at a gathering at Boston's Young's Hotel attended by prominent Massachusetts politicians.
In 1889, Chappelle presided over a meeting at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church
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concerning the education of southern African-Americans.
In 1889, Chappelle was an organizer of the St. John's Day Picnic. Among the speakers was Chappelle's political mentor Lewis Hayden
Lewis Hayden (December 2, 1811 – April 7, 1889) escaped slavery in Kentucky with his family and reached Canada. He established a school for African Americans before moving to Boston, Massachusetts. There he became an Abolitionism in the United ...
.
In January 1901 Chappelle spoke at a memorial held for Roger Wolcott and African-American lawyer Edward G. Walker at the Kirk Literary Club in January 1901, referring to the ex-Governor as "the most democratic of aristocratic Boston."["Colored Race in Mourning, Death of Wolcott and Walker Sincerely Deplored", ''The Boston Herald'', page 9. Tuesday, January 22, 1901.]
Death
Julius C. Chappelle died in 1904 in Boston after a long illness, survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Lillian. His funeral was said to be "one of the largest" seen in Boston in years.
His ''Boston Daily Globe'' obituary said that "Julius Caesar Chappelle was a unique political character in the Republican party of the state. Outside of Lewis Hayden
Lewis Hayden (December 2, 1811 – April 7, 1889) escaped slavery in Kentucky with his family and reached Canada. He established a school for African Americans before moving to Boston, Massachusetts. There he became an Abolitionism in the United ...
, John J. Smith, and Edward G. Walker, he was one of the best-known colored men in Massachusetts."
References
Notes
Sources
*"Julius C. Chappelle", ''The New York Freeman'', front page, November 13, 1886.
*"At the Cradle of Liberty", ''The New York Age'', front page, August 9, 1890.
*"The Early Boston Martyrs: Lessons from the Life and Works of Crispus Attucks", ''The Boston Herald'', p. 3, Thursday, November 15, 1888.
*"KU-KLUX KLAN.: A Sunday Morning Road (Raid) by the Klan in South Carolina.", ''Chicago Tribune'', p. 2, June 7, 1871.
*"THE SOUTH CAROLINA KUKLUX.: The Cold-Blooded Murder of the Wounded ..." New York Times'', page 2, June 3, 1871.
*''Florida Black Public Officials (Black Officials La Villa)'', 1867–1924, University of Alabama Press (1998).
*Death Notice, "Mr. Lewis Chappelle Dead", ''The Freeman (An Illustrated Colored Newspaper)'', p. 5, February 18, 1905. Indianapolis, Indiana
*Rabbit's Foot Comedy Company advertisement ottom of p. 5 ''The Freeman (An Illustrated Colored Newspaper),'' February 18, 1905. Indianapolis, Indiana.
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