| 词条 | Henry Chapin |
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| name = Honorable Henry Chapin | image = Henry Chapin Worcester Ma. Mayor.png | image_size = | caption = | office =Acting Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts | term_start =December 19, 1870 | term_end =February 6, 1871 | predecessor =James B. Blake | successor = Edward Earle | office2 =2nd Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts | term_start2 =April 1. 1849 | term_end2 =April 7, 1851 | predecessor2 =Levi Lincoln, Jr. | successor2 =Peter C. Bacon | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = |party=Free Soil, Republican Party | birth_date =May 13, 1811 | birth_place = | death_date =October 13, 1878 | death_place = |alma_mater=Brown University | occupation =Attorney | spouse = | religion=Unitarian | children = }} Henry Chapin (May 13, 1811 – October 13, 1878) was a judge, a state legislator, and a three-term mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life and careerChapin, 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 became an amateur local historian in that community.[1] Later public serviceChapin 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 for three terms as 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] A historical addressIn 1864, he delivered a later published historical address in Uxbridge, which records the story of America's first legal colonial woman voter.[3] He is later simply known as "Judge Henry Chapin". AfterwardsJudge Chapin was asked to serve as Mayor of Worcester, one more time. On December 18, 1870, Chapin was appointed mayor, ad interim, by the city council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James B. Blake. Chapin served until Edward Earle was elected in a special election to serve out the remainder of Mayor Blake's term. In 1877 Chapin developed ill health; he died at age 67, in Worcester, on October 13, 1878. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 *{{cite book|last= Chapin |first= Judge Henry|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge, 1864|pages= 172|publisher=Charles Hamilton Press (Harvard Library; from Google Books)|year= 1881|location=Worcester, MA|url=https://books.google.com/?id=ua-pgcKRY2QC&pg=RA1-PA172&lpg=RA1-PA172&dq=address+delivered+at+unitarian+church+chapin+henry+first+woman+voter}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapin, Henry}}2. ^American Antiquarian Society Members Directory 3. ^{{cite book|last= Chapin |first= Judge Henry|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge, 1864|pages= 172|publisher=Charles Hamilton Press (Harvard Library; from Google Books)|year= 1881|location=Worcester, MA|url=https://books.google.com/?id=ua-pgcKRY2QC&pg=RA1-PA172&lpg=RA1-PA172&dq=address+delivered+at+unitarian+church+chapin+henry+first+woman+voter}} 12 : 1811 births|1878 deaths|People from Upton, Massachusetts|Brown University alumni|Massachusetts Free Soilers|Massachusetts lawyers|People from Uxbridge, Massachusetts|Members of the Massachusetts General Court|Mayors of Worcester, Massachusetts|Massachusetts Republicans|American Unitarians|Members of the American Antiquarian Society |
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