John William Chapman

John William Chapman

Infobox_Lt_Governor
name= John William Chapman


order= 37th
office= Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
term_start= January 12, 1953
term_end= January 9, 1961
governor= William Stratton
predecessor= Sherwood Dixon
successor= Samuel H. Shapiro
birth_date= September 8, 1894
birth_place= Crete, Nebraska
death_date= August 1978 (age|1894|09|08|1978|8|1)
death_place=
party= Republican
profession= Attorney and Politician
spouse= Eva Richolson (at least 5 children)
religion= Methodist
footnotes=

John William Chapman (September 8, 1894–August 1978) was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Chapman was born in Crete, Nebraska September 8, 1894. Chapman attended Public school in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1915 and received a Juris Doctor from University of Chicago Law School in 1917. He entered private practice in Chicago in the 1920s until he moved to Springfield, Illinois in 1941. In 1927, he was elected an Alderman on the Chicago City Council. He served as executive secretary to Illinois Governor Dwight H. Green from 1941 to 1949. In 1941 he was appointed to the Illinois Parole Board serving until March 1950. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and served from 1953 to 1961. He died in 1978 and was cremated.

External links

* [http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/bb&CISOPTR=10020&REC=9 1953-1954 Illinois Blue Book - Lt. Governor biography page 98]
*http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html


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