Graham H. Chapin

Graham Hurd Chapin was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from New York from 1835 to 1837.

Biography

Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Chapin moved to Lyons, New York in 1817. He graduated from Yale College in 1819.
He studied law.

Legal career

He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in 1823 and practiced in Lyons.
Surrogate of Wayne County from 1826 to 1833.

Political career

He served as district attorney of Wayne County in 1829 and 1830. He moved to Rochester, New York, in 1833 and continued the practice of law.

Congress

Chapin was elected as a Jacksonian to the 24th [United States Congress|Twenty-fourth] Congress.

Death

He died in Mount [Morris, New York], September 8, 1843.