Henry Chapin
Henry Chapin (May 13 1811-October 13 1878) was a judge, a state legislator, and a three-term mayor in the United States.
Early life and career
Chapin, a native of Upton, Massachusetts, [1] graduated from Brown University in 1835.[1] He served as an educator in Upton.[1], studied Law at Cambridge, and passed the Massachusetts Bar in 1838.[1] He practiced law in Uxbridge from 1838-1846, and becme an amateur local historian in that community.[1]
Later public service
Chapin represented the local district in the state legislature, served as the State's Commissioner of Insolvency, and on the State Board of Education.[1]
In 1848, he was appointed chief Judge of the Worcester County Probate and Insolvency Court.[1] Judge Chapin was later elected as a three term Mayor of Worcester.[1]. In 1853 , Mayor Chapin was nominated by the Republican Party for a Congressional seat, which he declined.[1] A lifelong Unitarian, Chapin served in church leadership positions.[1].
An historical address
In 1864, he delivered, a later published historical address, in Uxbridge which records the story of America's first legal colonial woman voter.[2] He is later simply known as "Judge Henry Chapin".
Afterwards
Judge Chapin was asked to serve as Mayor of Worcester, one more time, in 1870. In 1877 he developed ill health, and died at age 67, in Worcester, on October 13 1878.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j *Chapin, Judge Henry (1881). "Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge, 1864". Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton Press (Harvard Library; from Google Books). pp. p.172.
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