Robert Nelson Chamberlain (July 24, 1856 – September 20, 1917) (sometimes spelled Chamberlin
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' by New Hampshire. Dept. of State. 1931. no. 22. pp. 117, 140.) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as

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of the

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, and as an

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and later as the second Chief Justice of the

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Life

Chamberlin was born on July 24, 1856, in

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, but moved to

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, when he was a child. As an adult, Chamberlain became interested in town and state affairs and became a lawyer, the first lawyer in said town. Chamberlin became involved with politics, and from 1893 to 1895, he served as the Speaker of the

. In 1904, he was appointed as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court. Chamberlain was appointed as Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court in 1917 to replace Robert G. Pike who had died. Chamberlain died in

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, on September 19, 1917.

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1856 births 1917 deaths New Hampshire lawyers New Hampshire state court judges Speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives People from Bangor, New York 19th-century New Hampshire state court judges 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court {{NewHampshire-NHRepresentative-Republican-stub