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Nathaniel Chipman
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont · 1791
Nathaniel Chipman , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. Nathaniel Chipman (November 15, 1752 – February 13, 1843) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Vermont and Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. A Yale College graduate and Continental Army veteran of the American Revolution, Chipman became a prominent attorney and advocate for Vermont statehood.
Education
- Yale College1777
Career
Continental Army, 1777-1778; Private practice, Tinmouth, Vermont, 1779-1784, 1785-1787, 1793-1796, 1804-1806, 1809-1810, 1811-1813, 1817-1843; State's attorney, Montpelier, Vermont, 1781-1785; State representative, Vermont, 1784-1785, 1806-1809, 1811; Judge, Vermont Supreme Court, 1787-1789; Chief judge, Vermont Supreme Court, 1790-1791, 1796-1798, 1813-1815; U.S. senator from Vermont, 1798-1804; Member, Vermont Council of Censors, 1813; Professor of law, Middlebury College, 1816-
Biography
Nathaniel Chipman (November 15, 1752 – February 13, 1843) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Vermont and Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. A Yale College graduate and Continental Army veteran of the American Revolution, Chipman became a prominent attorney and advocate for Vermont statehood.
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