George W. Chapman

For other people named George Chapman, see George Chapman (disambiguation).

George W. Chapman was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born in Saratoga County, New York and lived in Ballston Spa, New York. In 1862, he was Supervisor of the Town of Milton. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Saratoga Co., 1st D.) in 1865.

In 1869, Chapman was appointed by Governor John Thompson Hoffman a Canal Commissioner, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Oliver Bascom. At the New York state election, 1870, he was elected, on the Democratic ticket, to succeed himself for the remainder of Bascom's term, and remained in office until the end of 1871. At the New York state election, 1871, he was defeated running for re-election.

The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 502 and 509)
Political Graveyard
The state tickets, in NYT on October 30, 1870

(*) elected but declined; (**) elected but died before taking office

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