Virgil Munday Chapman (March 15, 1895March 8, 1951) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who represented

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in the

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and in the

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. Chapman was born in Middleton, Kentucky, in Simpson County, near the Logan County line. He practiced law in

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, then

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and

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. He was married to Mary Chapman and had one daughter, Elizabeth. In 1924 Chapman was elected to the

and served two terms representing Kentucky's 7th District. He lost his seat to Republican Robert E. Lee Blackburn in the 1928 Republican landslide as

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was elected president, then defeated Blackburn in 1930. He was re-elected in 1932, when Kentucky members were elected statewide at large due to loss of a seat and lack of redistricting, then was elected in the 6th District in 1934. He served through 1948, when he defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. John Sherman Cooper. He died in an automobile accident in

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on March 8, 1951. Chapman was succeeded in the House and the Senate by Thomas R. Underwood, who had been editor of the Lexington Herald and managed the 1947 campaign of Gov. Earle C. Clements.

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, William Hathaway, Henry C. Hansbrough,

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and Tom Udall were also succeeded by the same person in both the House and Senate.

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Memorial services held in the House of Representatives together with remarks presented in eulogy of Virgil Munday Chapman, late a representative from Kentucky
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