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Chapman, John Grant

lawyer, congressman, was born July 5, 1798, in Charles county, Md. Between the years 1824 and 1844 he was almost constantly in the legislature of Maryland. In 1845 he was elected a representative in congress, and reelected in 1847, serving on important committees, and doing much good for his constituents and the public at large; chosen presiwas dent of the convention which framed the constitution of Maryland in 1851. His last public office was to preside as chairman of the national whig convention which met in Baltimore in 1856, to nominate Millard Fillmore for the presidency. He died Dec. 10, 1856.