Nathaniel Chipman

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Nathaniel Chipman
Chipman, c. 1800
United States Senator
from Vermont
In office
October 17, 1797 – March 3, 1803
Preceded byIsaac Tichenor
Succeeded byIsrael Smith
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
In office
March 4, 1791 – January 1, 1793
Appointed byGeorge Washington
Preceded bySeat established by 1 Stat. 197
Succeeded bySamuel Hitchcock
Chief Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court
In office
1813–1815
Preceded byRoyall Tyler
Succeeded byAsa Aldis
In office
1796–1797
Preceded byIsaac Tichenor
Succeeded byIsrael Smith
In office
1789–1791
Preceded byMoses Robinson
Succeeded bySamuel Knight
Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court
In office
1786–1787
Preceded byJohn Fassett Jr.
Succeeded byNone (court reduced from 5 seats to 3)
Personal details
Born(1752-11-15)November 15, 1752
First Lieutenant
Unit2nd Connecticut Regiment
Wars

Nathaniel Chipman (November 15, 1752 – February 13, 1843) was an American politician who served as a

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. When Vermont was admitted to the Union, he served as the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
.

After Vermont became the fourteenth state, Chipman became a leader of its

satirical poet
.

Education and career

Chipman was born in Salisbury, Connecticut Colony, British America on November 15, 1752, a son of Samuel Chipman and Hannah (Austin) Chipman.[1] Chipman was privately tutored, then began attendance at Yale University, from which he graduated in 1777.[1][2]

In January 1777, Chipman left Yale to volunteer for the

first lieutenant on December 29, 1777.[3] Chipman through the summer of 1778, and resigned his commission at White Plains, New York on October 16, 1778.[3]

Chipman left the army to move to the

Supreme Court of Vermont from 1786 to 1787, and served as chief judge from 1789 to 1791.[1]

Vermont's admission to the Union

On February 9, 1791, Chipman met with President George Washington to notify him officially of Vermont's decision to apply for admission to the Union as the 14th state.[5] New York had long objected to the existence of the government of Vermont on the grounds that Vermont was part of New York, a position that dated back to a pre-Revolutionary War dispute between the colonial governors of New York and New Hampshire over the right to sell Vermont land grants.[6]

In 1790, New York agreed to give up its claim provided that an agreement on the boundary between Vermont and New York could be concluded.[7] In consideration of New York giving up its claim to Vermont, Vermont paid $30,000 as an indemnity to owners of Vermont land who had received their grants from New York (about $800,000 in 2015).[8] On February 18, 1791, Congress decided to admit Vermont to the Union, effective March 4, 1791.[9]

Federal judicial service

Following the admission of the State of Vermont to the Union, President George Washington nominated Chipman as the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, a new seat authorized by 1 Stat. 197.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 4, 1791, and received his commission the same day.[1] He resigned on January 1, 1793.[1]

State service

Following his resignation from the federal bench, Chipman resumed private practice in Tinmouth from 1793 to 1796.[1] In 1833, he authored the book Sketches of the Principles of Government.[10] Chipman served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont from 1796 to 1797.[1]

Congressional service

Chipman was elected as a

United States Senator Isaac Tichenor and served from October 17, 1797, until March 3, 1803.[2][11] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.[2]

Later career

Following his departure from Congress, Chipman resumed practicing law in Tinmouth.

Vermont Council of Censors in 1813.[1] He was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont from 1813 to 1815.[1][12] He was a professor of law at Middlebury College starting in 1816.[1][13]

Death

Chipman died on February 17, 1843, in Tinmouth.[1] He was interred in Tinmouth Cemetery.[2][14]

Family

Chipman was the brother of

Justice of the Peace in Canandaigua, New York in the 1820s, and was the jurist from whom those attempting to prevent William Morgan from publishing a book opposing Freemasonry obtained an arrest warrant for Morgan, which eventually led to Morgan's disappearance and presumed death and the founding of the Anti-Masonic Party.[16]

Chipman was the grandfather of John W. Brownson, a member of the New York State Senate.[15]: 50  [17] Brownson was the son of Dr. John Brownson and Nathaniel Chipman's daughter Laura.[15]: 50  [17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Nathaniel Chipman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ a b c d e f United States Congress. "Nathaniel Chipman (id: C000369)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  3. ^ a b c d Johnston, Henry P. (1888). Yale and Her Honor-Roll in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 328 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Goodrich, John E. (1904). Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783. Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company. p. 166 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ U.S. House of Representatives (1826). Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: 1st–13th Congresses. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton. p. 412.
  6. ISBN 978-1-2435-3411-8
    .
  7. ISBN 9780608355610 – via Google Books
    .
  8. ISBN 978-0-7884-3711-3
    .
  9. ^ Donaldson, Thomas (1880). The Public Domain: Its History, with Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government printing Office. p. 42.
  10. ^ Evans, Charles (1925). American Bibliography. Vol. 9. Chicago, IL: Columbia Press. p. 34 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Nathaniel Chipman". Govtrack. US Congress. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  12. ^ Vermont State Archives and Records Administration (2017). "Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court, 1778–Present" (PDF). www.sec.state.vt.us/. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. p. 2.
  13. ^ Nathaniel Chipman. Encyclopedia, Vermont Biography. 1912. p. 367. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  14. ^ "Nathaniel Chipman". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  15. ^ a b c Chipman, Bert Lee (1920). The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631–1920. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Winston Printing Company. pp. 50, 105–109.
  16. ^ Conover, Jefferson S. (1897). Freemasonry in Michigan: A Comprehensive History of Michigan Masonry, Volume 1. Coldwater, Michigan: Conover Printing Company. p. 145.
  17. ^ a b Brownson, Ernest Ray (1951). Genealogy of One Branch of the Richard Brownson Family, 1631-1951. Mayville, ND: E. R. Brownson. pp. 222–223 – via Internet Archive.

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Primary sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 1 Stat. 197
 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
1791–1793 		Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 1) from Vermont
1797–1803 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Oldest living United States senator
1839–1843 		Succeeded by
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