John Chapman (Pennsylvania politician)

John Chapman (October 18, 1740 – January 27, 1800) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John Chapman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 4th district
In office March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799
Preceded by	Samuel Sitgreaves John Richards
Succeeded by	Peter Muhlenberg Robert Brown
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1787–1796
Personal details
Born	(1740-10-18)October 18, 1740 Wrightstown, Pennsylvania
Died	January 27, 1800(1800-01-27) (aged 59)
Political party	Federalist

Chapman was born in Wrightstown Township, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned justice of the peace February 25, 1779, and was one of the justices commissioned judge of the court of common pleas of Bucks County the same year. He moved to Upper Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, prior to 1776. He was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly from 1787 to 1796.

He was a member of the revived American Philosophical Society, elected in 1768.[1]

Chapman was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress. He died in Upper Makefield in 1800. Interment in the Friends’ Burying Ground in Wrightstown Township, Pennsylvania.

References

1. Bell, Whitfield J., and Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, I: 424-26, III:337.

Sources

• United States Congress. "John Chapman (id: C000313)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel Sitgreaves John Richards	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district 1797–1799	Succeeded by Peter Muhlenberg Robert Brown